Company owes more than R$200 million to the Union; 400 families participate in the mobilization on the morning of this Monday (February 10)
Approximately 400 families of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) occupied the lands of the Santa Luzia Farm, belonging to the Sapucaia Plant, in Campos do Goytacazes, in the north of Rio de Janeiro, on the morning of this Monday (February 10). The mobilization seeks to encourage the federal government to conclude the adjudication process, that is, a judicial act that transfers possession and ownership of certain assets, which is being processed at the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) in Rio de Janeiro.
Through this process, the government allocates to the Union farms of debtors of unpaid taxes and credits. The indication is that the areas belonging to the plant will be earmarked for agrarian reform later this year.
Data from the federal government's Debtors List portal indicate that the plant has accumulated debts of over R$208 million, including over R$90 million in unpaid social security debts to workers. The areas are currently leased by the Rio de Janeiro State Agro-industrial Cooperative (Coagro).
According to information obtained by Brasil de Fato, the police are not local and Coagro's private security is blocking the bridge on RJ 194 that provides access to the area, preventing the passage of people and food. The 400 families have been camped since April 15 of last year on the side of BR-101, near Morro do Coco, in the Campos dos Goytacazes district.
The report asked Coagro and Incra to take a position on the case. The email sent to the Agro-industrial Cooperative bounced, and Brasil de Fato was forwarded to Coagro to report the problem, but no other contact information was provided. Incra had not responded by the time this article was published. The space remains open for the aforementioned parties to express their opinions.
