In 1963, the head of Arruda, Junqueira & Company, Antonio Mascarenhas Junqueira, in his hatred of an Amazonian tribe, dropped sticks of dynamite from above on their village after luring them out with sugar: "These Indians are parasites; they are shameful. It's time to finish them off; it's time to eliminate these pests. Let's liquidate them." Later, some of the killers returned on foot to finish off the survivors.
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