Two Dead in Shootout at GMO(K) Corral

[nosmokes]

Well, alright, it's a farm, but there's probably a corral there. Same story as yesterday but more detail and background although it's still pretty thin for a three day old story. Me,I'd like to find out what security firm Syngenta hired and what their background is. Are they Blackwater wannabes or is this a case of one guy being drunk and macho? WTH it is it's absolutely inexcusable and one more reason we don't need these goddamned GMOs planted in the open. It's not like These Agbio firms can't afford some negative pressure hangars to grow these experiments in and not make all of us their guinea pigs.
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original-swissinfo

October 23, 2007 - 12:01 PM
Two killed in shoot-out at Syngenta GM farm

Two men have been killed after guards working for the Swiss biotech company Syngenta clashed with activists invading a genetically modified (GM) seed farm in Brazil.

This is the latest in several such protests by the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil targeting multinationals in the agribusiness sector and what it sees as the "evil effects of genetically modified products".



Police said a peasant leader and a guard were killed at the Swiss-owned Syngenta research farm at Cascavel in the southern state of Parana after it was occupied by 200 landless activists on Sunday. Six protesters and three security guards were also wounded during the clashes, police said.



Syngenta is the world's largest agrochemical company, with a heavy focus on GM seeds. The 143-hectare property near the Iguaçu waterfalls has been at the heart of controversy and a legal battle over its testing of GM soya bean and corn.



Details of the clash were still unclear. Syngenta spokesman Medard Schoenmaeckers told swissinfo he was surprised by the attack and the aggressiveness of the activists.



"We still don't know anything about the motives," he said, while describing the clash as a "quite dramatic and violent confrontation where we understand that indeed there were some deadly injuries".



Local police commander Celso Borges told Reuters that a few hours after the invasion on Sunday some of the guards "returned, armed, to retake the farm". The Parana state government added that seven guards were arrested, facing possible homicide charges.



Valmir Mota de Oliveira, one of the regional MST leaders, was killed with two gunshots in the chest. The MST described the killing as an "execution" and demanded a full investigation.
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[fed-up]

1. holy f*ck, as an activist against GMOs this is sickening to hear about...please people don't buy

foods that contain corn, soy, cotton seed, or canola as they most likely are made from genetically engineered varieties.


People have to start voting with their wallets. Same goes for NOT supporting companies like Monsanto by not buying their fertilizers, pesticides, weed killers, etc