The last of five defendants accused in the murder of a U.S. nun in Brazil was convicted early Saturday and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Regivaldo Galvao, was accused of working with Vitalmiro Moura to pay for the death of Dorothy Stang, 73. Moura was convicted two weeks ago and was also sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Stang worked for 30 years to help native people in the Amazon, and to protect their land rights while preserving the rain forest. Stang’s story was told by Colorado filmmaker Daniel Junge, in “They Killed Sister Dorothy,” a documentary nominated for an Oscar.
Her brother, David, lives in Palmer Lake. Strang was from Dayton, Ohio.
Prosecutors said Galvao and Moura, both ranchers, were upset when Stang prevented them from stealing a piece of land that the government had assigned to poor farmers. They paid a gunman to kill her, prosecutors said. She was shot six times at close range and left to die.
The three other men involved in Stang’s death have also been convicted, and are serving prison sentences.
