{"id":235008,"date":"2024-08-27T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avozdocerrado.com\/?p=235008"},"modified":"2024-08-27T20:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:44:12","slug":"coincidence-or-method-record-fires-in-the-state-of-sao-paulo-resemble-coordinated-attacks-in-the-amazon-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avozdocerrado.com\/?p=235008","title":{"rendered":"Coincidence or method? Record fires in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo resemble coordinated attacks in the Amazon in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brasil de Fato<\/p>\n

The wildfires that hit the state of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> this weekend and spread across much of the state’s territory and other parts of Brazil may have been a coordinated criminal attack. The scenario resembles what happened in the state of Par\u00e1, northern Brazil, in August 2019, when agribusiness people organized forest fires via messaging apps.<\/p>\n

Known as the \u201cDay of Fire<\/a>,” the series of crimes happened between August 10 and 11, 2019, on Amazonian territory. Large state owners arranged to set fire in various locations. At the time, schemes were uncovered which financed the criminal action, with the fuel used in the illegal acts being apportioned.<\/p>\n

The result was devastating: the number of hotspots increased by 1,923% compared to the same period last year. In those two days alone, 1,457 fire hotspots were detected in the state, with 53 affecting Indigenous lands and 534 in Conservation Units.<\/p>\n

In the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, although the total damage has not yet been estimated, the amount of damage caused by the fires in recent days has also been high. S\u00e3o Paulo broke the national record last Friday (23), with more than 2,300 fires.<\/p>\n

The unprecedented environmental crisis caused the death of two firefighters in Urup\u00eas and led the state to declare an emergency in more than 40 cities. The consequences are also being felt elsewhere in the country. On Sunday (25), Bras\u00edlia (the country\u2019s capital), Goi\u00e2nia and Belo Horizonte were covered in smoke.<\/p>\n

In addition, flights were canceled in some cities of Minas Gerais, Goi\u00e2nia (Goi\u00e1s\u2019 capital city) and in the countryside of S\u00e3o Paulo. Ribeir\u00e3o Preto airport, one of the cities hardest hit by the smoke<\/a>, remained closed until Sunday (26).\u00a0<\/p>\n

With criminal evidence, investigations have been set up. The Federal Police will begin 31 investigations across the country to find the source of the fires. Two people have already been arrested, accused of starting the fires in the city of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Rio Preto and in Batatais.<\/p>\n

Environment Minister Marina Silva reinforced her suspicion that the event is related to a coordinated criminal action. \u201cJust as we had the \u2018Day of Fire\u2019, there is a strong suspicion that it is happening again now. In S\u00e3o Paulo, it is not natural, under any circumstances, for there to be so many fire hotspots in several municipalities in just a few days. But investigations will tell us that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The investigations into the 2019 Day of Fire have made little progress. Both the federal inquiry and the Civil Police investigations have not found anyone directly responsible for the fires, and no one has been arrested so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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