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Wild West in the Amazon as Davises Face Squatters
Paragominas Brazil reports violent clashes over a 220000 acre ranch as American landowners John Weaver Davis and his family confront squatters. Davis dies after an ambush. two sons killed. Other incidents involve missionaries and Indian conflicts across Mato Grosso Goias and Para states amid Brazil's Amazon development.
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Jonathan Kandell
N.Y
Paragominas
Brazil
Amazon Jungles
Continental
United States
John Weaver Davis
Alabama
Davis
Michael Bruce
John Mallory
Davises
Mato Grosso
Here
Employes
Belem
Alexandrino Moreira
Amazon
Para
Amapa
Daniel Ludwig
U.S