Remains belong to Maria de Lurdes da Costa Bueno, a real estate broker who was in the region Tourism
The Minas Gerais Civil Police announced the identification of another victim of the tragedy of occurred in January 2019. The remains belong to Maria de Lurdes da Costa Bueno, a real estate broker that was in the region Tourism. With this confirmation, the total of identified victims reaches 268, while the bodies of Tiago Tadeu Mendes da Silva and Nathália de Oliveira Porto Araújo remain missing. Searches for victims remain under the responsibility of the Fire Department, which reaffirmed their commitment to locate all the missing. The tragedy resulted in the deaths of 270 people, most of them workers of the mining company Vale or outsourced companies. Avabrum, an association that represents the relatives of the victims, accounts for 272 lost lives, including pregnant women.
Maria de Lurdes, who was 59, was accompanied by her family at the time of the disaster. In memory of Camila and Luiz, friends and family created the Camila Institute and Luiz Taliberti (ICLT), which is dedicated to the defense of human rights and the preservation of the victims’ memory, in partnership with Avabrum. The collapse of the dam caused not only the loss of lives, but also the destruction of significant environmental communities and environmental damage in the Paraopeba river basin. To date, there have been no arrests related to the incident, and the criminal proceedings, which involves 16 accords, has been federalized. Former Vale President Fábio Schvartsman got a habeas corpus and is no longer considered a defendant. Recently, Avabrum organized an act in honor of the victims and inaugurated Memorial Brumadinho, a space dedicated to memory and connection with those who lost their lives in the tragedy.
Posted by Sarah Paula
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