Kaitlin is a Senior Consultant in the Arup Los Angeles People and Organisations team With a background in urban planning and a specialism in operational readiness and change management she brings a unique perspective to projects that aims to optimise operational delivery and long-term outcomes for the greater system and community She has experience delivering major events and legacy at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and delivering major transformational projects such as Delta’s LAX Modernisation program Luton’s Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART) system She believes major events and transformational programs can catalyse positive change and lasting legacy for cities and communities if operational planning and delivery prioritise outcomes proactively and early place and manner policies went into effect on Aug 15 across all California State University schools The new policy comes straight from the CSU Chancellor’s Office The policy states that “Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of a democratic society and is essential to the educational process.” However Cal Poly history lecturer and local California Faculty Association Vice President Cameron Jones says that the new directive raises questions “This definitely feels like an attempt to kind of quash speech before there's even a problem the Chancellor’s Office states in the very first sentence of the policy that it “seeks to foster healthy discourse and exchange of ideas in a safe and peaceful manner.” it's very important that this policy has clear definitions and clearly articulates that the Chancellor's Office and the CSU as a whole does not want to infringe upon the First Amendment rights of students of people (who) gather here at our college campuses and universities," fourth-year student Tyler Coari explained who is getting a master's degree in public policy he says some students are concerned about how they’ll be able to gather and protest on campus Another Fourth-year student told KSBY in an e-mail: "I think the main concern myself and other students have is that the campus is no longer ours," citing that she believes the changes "were made in response to the recent pro-Palestinian protests that occurred towards the end of the 2023-2024 school year." “Those components of it may be really important for students here because it impacts where they're able to assemble and where they're able to disrupt part of the campus environment,” Coari added Jones noted that a major concern for them was the prohibition of signage which now needs to be approved by administration “Will that have to be approved if we have a picket sign on campus would all of our signs have to be approved?” Other policy regulations include “no disguises or concealment of identity,” which would entail no masks at gatherings and protests leaving students to question what enforcement would look like “What folks are talking about a bit more now is how it will be enforced and if that enforcement will change now that there is a systemwide policy at the campus level," Coari said there is a campus addendum for each CSU school that gives each school oversight implementation and enforcement of the systemwide policy KSBY reached out to the university and asked how Cal Poly will be implementing the policies the school's communications department referred community reporter Dylan Foreman to the Cal Poly website section on free speech Cal Poly Assistant Vice President for Communications and Media Relations The full policy is available at this link. 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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience At least five people have been killed so far this year in Brazilian land conflicts leaving activists fearful of a violent year ahead as President Jair Bolsonaro is poised to push measures that would further reduce indigenous and forest protections “2020 has begun with a series of situations that show it will be a very difficult year,” said Antônio Cerqueira executive secretary of Brazil’s Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) Barely a week into the new year, three Miranha indigenous men were murdered in Coari municipality an oil and gas rich town on the banks of the Amazon River Two more murders occurred in Maranhão state According to a police report seen by Mongabay indigenous teacher Joabe Marins was shot and killed at his home within the Cajuhiri Atravessado Indigenous Reserve reportedly by a group of five non-indigenous men president of the Association of Indigenous Communities of Coari (ACIC) told Mongabay that more than 100 non-indigenous people live on the reserve “The non-indigenous people living in the community bring other non-indigenous there to collect Brazil nuts Police confirmed the current conflict was motivated by a long running land dispute which turned violent when a shotgun was allegedly stolen from one of the non-indigenous men A police source involved with the arrest said the man who fired the fatal shot told him that Joabe appeared at the window of his house armed The killer is apparently married to an indigenous woman from the community sought to avenge the killing and boarded a boat looking for the killers along the river Three non-indigenous men were later arrested and charged with homicide Brazil’s National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI) was supposed to remove the non-indigenous people from inside the 12,500 hectare (30,888 acre) reserve officially recognized by the Brazilian government as indigenous territory in late 2015 the agency has suffered from deep budget cuts and hamstringing of its mission one of Brazil’s most respected indigenous experts and FUNAI president in the 1990s described the agency as “dead” and “extinct.” which acts as a go between with the Brazilian state — providing birth registrations legal assistance and aiding with territorial protections — hasn’t had a coordinator or staff in place for at least a year leaving indigenous populations vulnerable to conflict from land grabbers adding that he feared further violence on the Cajuhiri Atravessado Reserve noting that previous official complaints have been ignored by authorities He also said that indigenous people in Coari have increasingly been harassed by “river pirates”: armed groups that rob narcotics shipments of cocaine and hydroponic marijuana floated down the Amazon River from neighboring Colombia and Peru Elsewhere, in Arari, in Maranhão state, on the Amazonian frontier, Celino Fernandes and his son Wanderson were executed by four hooded gunmen inside the rural community of Cedro less than a week into 2020 According to Brazil’s Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) the murdered peasants had regularly complained to authorities that the family of a local judge had illegally privatized and fenced off common lands held by the government where the rural community previously fished and raised animals sustainably — a land use right guaranteed to traditional people by federal law “It’s a type of conflict that happens historically in the region,” said Diogo Cabral a lawyer with the Maranhão Society of Human Rights He says the problem has gotten worse this year you have resources for agrarian reform and Quilombolas [descendants of fugitive slaves] being cut [by the federal government] while you have the stimulation of farmers and armed groups,” Cabral said in the central west agricultural state of Mato Grosso do Sul local media reported that an indigenous man was shot in the face and others were injured — including a child who lost fingers playing with a non-lethal grenade left behind by private security guards who had attacked indigenous people because they had occupied local farmlands in an attempt to take back what they say is their ancestral lands The region is a hotbed of violent conflict with indigenous people — who live cramped inside a tiny reserve — attempting to retake land they see as theirs The first nine months of 2019 saw 160 such invasions compared to just 109 the year before while the number of indigenous leaders killed was the highest in eleven years The murder of Paulo Paulino Guajajara in November by invaders of the Araribóia Indigenous Reserve in Maranhão hit international headlines Experts point to a series of measures in 2020 that could lead to further increases in violence against indigenous people traditional populations and small-scale farmers Isolete Wichinieski, a CPT national coordinator, cited an executive decree issued by Bolsonaro late last year, MP 910 that critics say allows for far easier land grabbing the measure still has to be approved by Congress within 120 days or it becomes null MP 910 gives amnesty to those who occupied and deforested up to 2,500 hectares (6178 acres) of public lands before December 2018 a measure which experts say will encourage further land grabbing The amnesty could turn over vast swathes of public land to large-scale private owners likely escalating conflicts with indigenous and traditional communities who utilize those lands a lawyer with Brazil’s Social Environment Institute (ISA) said the bill could leave indigenous lands awaiting demarcation especially vulnerable to invasions which could lead to conflicts The Bolsonaro government also says that it is finally ready to unveil a long-awaited bill to allow mining on indigenous lands a practice forbidden under the 1988 Brazilian Constitution That bill’s draft is reportedly making the rounds of the European Union Parliament in order to head off a possible EU public and political outcry from one of Brazil’s major trading partners Serious doubts remain as to whether the indigenous mining bill which experts say violates international norms Brazilian House of Deputies Speaker Rodrigo Maia has said he won’t put it to a vote a Munduruku indigenous leader from the Tapajos River basin in Pará state says that Bolsonaro’s rhetoric in favor of mining on indigenous territory has already emboldened more wildcat miners to invade “The president says ‘let’s legalize’ so people say ‘I’ll take my space there!’” she said in an interview with this reporter last year Banner image caption: Seized illegally logged timber in Rondônia state FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Urucu-Coari-Manaus pipeline transports natural gas for electricity production in the state of Amazonas OAS / Etesco consortium and Consorcio Gasoducto Amazonia The 661km-long pipeline was formally inaugurated in November 2009 It is operated by Transportadora Urucu-Manaus The initial capacity of the pipeline is 4.1 million cubic metres a day The planned installation of two compressor stations between Urucu and Coari will increase the capacity of the pipeline to 5.5 million cubic metres a day by September 2010 The natural gas will be supplied primarily to thermoelectric power plants that serve the electricity needs of Manaus and municipalities close to the pipeline replacing the supply of fuel oil with natural gas to thermoelectric power plants in north-eastern Brazil will reduce the carbon dioxide emissions in the region by an estimated 1.2 million tons per year The pipeline will facilitate the supply of untapped natural gas production from Solimões Basin which currently has an inefficient transportation facility It will also be providing natural gas to Breitener Energy's Amazon Power project The project lessens the dependency of Brazil on imported energy by replacing oil and gas imports with natural gas The domestic gas production in Brazil increased from 23 million cubic metres in 2003 to 40 million cubic metres in 2009 Around 10% of the increase was from the Urucu gas field via the pipeline The Urucu field is among the significant onshore natural gas field in Brazil It has reserves of around 98 billion cubic meters and an estimated lifespan of 50 years Approximately 70% of the workforce was from Amazonas facilitating regional economic development Urucu-Coari-Manaus pipeline construction and development The work on the Coari-Manaus pipeline started in June 2006 The project was undertaken to transport natural gas from the Urucu oil province to the capital of Amazonas Construction work was completed in October 2009 The major focus of Petrobras in 2008 was on the construction and assembly of the pipeline the gas that was produced along with oil in the Urucu hydrocarbons province was injected back The Urucu pipeline thus helps substantially in utilising the gas produced in the hydrocarbons province The entire pipeline has been developed and classified into three sections The project development started with re-developing the existing line carrying LPG from the production facility in Urucu to Coari a 279km-long line was developed parallel to the existing line to carry natural gas Section A involved replacing an existing 8in LPG line with a new-build 10in pipeline The next stretch of the project was 382km connecting Coari and Manaus This 196km-long section passes through the major flood area covered by the pipeline The development of section B-1 required 6,000 floats and barrels Helicopters were employed to transport individual sections of the pipeline A total of 19 directional holes had to be drilled under the river bed Section B-2 is a 186km-long pipeline of 50cm diameter between Anama and Manaus the complete pipeline covered approximately 661km starting from Urucu and finishing in Manaus the National Economic and Social Development Bank granted a fund of R$2.49bn for developing the pipeline between Coari and Manaus The work for section A was carried out by the OAS / Etesco consortium The contract for the development of section B-2 was awarded to the Skanska consortium Consorcio Gasoducto Amazonia Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network The element requested is either not valid or does not exist 05 May 2014 18:12:14 GMT — A man accused of murdering an Auxvasse resident and his daughter pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in Callaway county today Ryan Coari was accused of killing Michael and Amanda Wieberg of Auxvasse during an attempted robbery in 2011 Their bodies were found shot with .40 caliber bullets in the burnt remains of Wieberg's home A coroner determined both had died before they were subject to the fire the two left the area for Michigan in a rented U-Haul truck and were arrested there on charges relating to failure to honor the U-Haul agreement After interviewing Ryan Coari and his wife Jacie a Callaway County deputy stated that Jacie Coari said she dropped her husband off down the street from the victims' home with the intention of robbing it Ryan Coari was sentenced to two life sentences for the murders He also pleaded guilty to two counts of armed criminal action for which he was sentenced to 30 years each Mask & Mirror Community Theatre proudly presents their production of Tom Griffin’s comedy-drama “The Boys Next Door” on The Stage at Calvin Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard, opening March 2. Shows play Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm through March 24. There are no Friday performances for this show. Tickets are available online at www.MaskandMirror.com “The Boys Next Door” explores the triumphs and tears of four disabled men living together in a group home who is slowly getting burned out by his job You’ll fall in love with “The Boys” as the play tells the story of their daily lives where little things sometimes become momentous (and often very funny) There are moments of great poignancy when we are reminded that the handicapped want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in their lives “Each of the boys have their successes and crises They invite us to laugh along with them – not at them – as they try to navigate a somewhat confusing world.” “The Boys Next Door” was one of the most produced play in the U.S except for some language used that is no longer politically correct History has shown that some audiences are uncomfortable with some of the situations depicted To help the audience understand the context of the play Mask & Mirror will host a talkback with the director at each performance; held 15 minutes before the doors normally open Mask & Mirror Community Theatre is now in its 8th season of presenting high quality and affordable (no tickets are more than $15) live theatre to the citizens of Tigard and Tualatin – using all-volunteer actors Participation and membership is open to all We welcome experienced performers and theatre “wannabes” – we’ll train you An Audrain County couple has been charged in the Sept 2 deaths of Michael Wieberg and his daughter in Auxvasse is charged with two counts of first-degree murder two counts of armed criminal action and second-degree arson is charged with first-degree robbery and two counts of second-degree murder and Jacie Coari is being held with bond set at $300,000 according to the MaComb County Sheriff’s Department website said yesterday that her family didn’t learn of the charges until they read about it on the Tribune’s website “We are very sorry for the family and regretful for what has happened,” Lanham said “We hope and pray justice is done right for them.” Fire crews arrived at 1242 County Road 1027 just before 5 a.m 2 to find Michael Wieberg’s home engulfed in flames crews discovered the bodies of the 56-year-old Wieberg and his 33-year-old daughter Amanda Wieberg had been declared missing at first Her van was found in Audrain County later that day and appeared to have been intentionally abandoned and set on fire Autopsies found injuries to the victims to be suspicious Court documents filed yesterday indicate both victims were shot with a .40-caliber handgun Investigative leads pointed toward Mexico and Audrain County The Coaris’ names popped up throughout the investigation and evidence indicated that Ryan Coari had some association with the victims Lanham said she suspects her brother had been visiting with Amanda Wieberg often because of her medical problems and access to prescription medication Ryan Coari had been in communication with his family the past few days while in custody in Michigan He told family members that he was innocent but few believe him now that charges have been filed “He has a painkiller problem,” Lanham said but never in a million years did I think he would go that far.” Investigators learned that Ryan and Jacie Coari left Missouri and were possibly en route to Michigan through a report filed with the Audrain County Sheriff’s Department about a stolen U-Haul vehicle that was rented in Ryan Coari’s name and Michigan authorities later detained the couple on those charges Investigators drove to Michigan and interviewed both suspects Jacie Coari told investigators that her husband planned to rob Michael Wieberg at his residence and that he told her of the plan Jacie Coari said she drove her husband to a point down the road from the Wieberg residence on Sept 1 and dropped him off to commit the robbery he told her that he “had bound and killed the victims,” according to court documents Ryan Coari corroborated his wife’s story and admitted to shooting Michael Wieberg with a .40-caliber handgun and that both victims were dead when he set the residence on fire and left Orange you glad Jude Law isn't shacking up next door?  The hunky actor made a fruitless attempt to fend off nosy New York University freshman by launching oranges at the pesky co-eds who were gazing at the actor on his terrace from their high-rise dorm rooms, according to the New York Post and we started waving at him," NYU freshman Neha Najeeb told the Post "Then he went inside and came back with two oranges Law left his terrace then came back out with two more oranges he hit the windows -- there was orange pulp on the glass for a week -- and then he went back to working out Now we don't like Jude Law anymore."  Jude!" every time the actor steps out onto his private balcony on Washington Square that happens to be within view of an NYU freshman dorm The Broadway star plays with his son and works out with his trainer A second NYU frosh said she was shocked that the "Hamlet" star would stoop so low as to chuck produce their way "We couldn't believe it when the orange hit the window," student Kaitlin Coari said "I'm supposed to go see 'Hamlet' with my sister this Saturday If you have any queries about this error, try emailing feedback@mirror.co.uk and we'll do what we can to help you 23 Sep 2011 16:04:25 GMT — The Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney has filed charges against an Audrain County husband and wife in connection with the murder of an Auxvasse father and daughter.On September 2 Callaway County authorities responded to a structure fire on County Road 1027 Officers said they found the bodies of Michael Wieberg and Amanda Wieberg in the remains of the house An autopsy determined the two died before the fire A .40 caliber bullet was taken from the body of Amanda.In a three week long investigation the Callaway County Sheriff TMs Department said interviews with the suspects Ryan Christopher Coari and his wife Jacie Kollene Gagala Coari Sheriff TMs Department officials said Jacie told investigators in an interview that she dropped her husband off down the road from Mike Wieberg TMs home.Prosecuting documents indicate Ryan Coari told his wife he intended to rob Mike he told his wife he bound and killed the two victims.During and interview with Ryan he admitted to detectives that he shot Mike with a .40 caliber handgun Ryan admitted both Amanda and Mike were dead when he left the residence He also admitted to starting a fire in the Wieberg residence.Chris Wilson said Ryan Coari is charged with two counts of first degree murder two counts of armed criminal action and one count of arson in the first degree Jacie Kollene Gagala Coari is charged with two counts of second degree murder and one count of first degree attempted robbery Sheriff Dennis Crane said after the homicides the two left the area and drove to Michigan in a rented U-Haul The two were arrested there on Michigan charges when they failed to meet the U-Haul rental agreement Ryan and Jacie Coari are currently being held in a Michigan jail Sheriff Crane has asked the two be held without bond.Sheriff Crane said the Coaris and the Wiebergs knew one another a British kayaker paddling alone on the Amazon River published the last post on her Facebook profile She wrote about meeting three lovely locals and two kittens playing and sleeping next to her tent which was a nice change after meeting 30 armed men in motorboats earlier The sight of guys with rifles was frightening especially in the context of the bad reputation of this region of the Amazon and Brazil “All ok,” she wrote in the evening of September 12 an island on the Solimoes River (the name used in Brazil for the section of the Amazon between Tabatinga and Manaus) Emma was the victim of a seven-person gang of drug dealers The bandits fired into the kayaker’s tent Then they transported her body about 100m from the shore and threw her into the river It is believed that the woman was still alive the bandits robbed electronic devices like a drone The next day they tried to sell them in Coari and Lauro Sodre The latter report of The Telegraph brings additional tragic information: “Emma Kelty was tortured and raped as she died after being shot The Brazilian police caught three of the seven bandits and two — the ones arrested — were only 17 The detainees admitted to being involved in the crime Emma’s body has not been found so far the head teacher of the school in Finchley When she contacted me for the first time to discuss some of the issues she was concerned about she was determined to undertake a solo expedition Taking into account my opinion and concerns based on our knowledge and experience regarding the conditions and characteristics of the river There is no way to pack a little kayak with food for several months there is no way to live in it day and night throughout the journey “Unsupported and unassisted is unrealistic for this river/journey” – she wrote in one of the emails “But I will try to take on this challenge and where possible entirely by myself.” without a guide or guardian in the most dangerous areas in the Amazon basin And it was not about the threat from nature but on the part of people involved in the drug-trafficking world The Amazon flows from its permanent source in the Ticlla Cocha Lake on the Apurimac River or from the seasonal source in the Mantaro River It leads through two extremely dangerous zones controlled by bandit groups engaged in cocaine trafficking and smuggling This area is known also for sometimes deadly attacks on travelers Although the vast majority of the inhabitants are friendly and hospitable these areas are invariably shrouded in the bad reputation they owe to aggressive cartel actions an area of ​​Peru populated by Ashaninka Indians Because of Emma’s limited experience in whitewater kayaking I suggested that she launch her trip on the Marañon River and also in the past considered its source (hydrological or historical source)** she decided to take advantage of help from experienced paddlers familiar with the raging Andean water,s paddlers who supported her in the technically difficult segments by taking the Marañon route she bypassed the Red Zone This area is infamous for its pirate activities pirates of the twenty-first century are equipped with fast and communication systems that are capable of monitoring and targeting potential victims Traveling in 2015 along the Amazon River on their Amazon bikes brothers David Andres and Hubert Kisinski came in contact with three such groups They were very lucky to get away without any harm let’s get back to Emma’s Facebook profile write: Emma was an active and determined sister who challenged herself latterly through her adventures on the Pacific Coast Trail as well as in the South Pole and Amazon River In a world that is today a much smaller place the explorer in our sister found herself seeking ways to prove that challenges were achievable.” did not reach the goal of her last expedition She did not become the first woman to have paddled the Amazon River alone not even one of the few kayakers who have done it and for various reasons for a single woman in particular *“The Telegraph” Canoeist Emma Kelty was ‘raped and tortured’ before bungling attackers set off SOS alarm permanent and most distant source of uninterrupted flow: Ticlla Cocha Lake where Apurimac River begins The seasonal source in Cordillera Rumi Cruz – where Mantaro River starts is the most distant not-continuously water run It becomes the most distant source only during the rainy season The Marañon River (based on the volume of water – hydrological source) The Marañon River is sometimes called the historical source of the Amazon (from https://www.adventurestats.com/tables/RiverAmazon.shtml) Sign up to receive ExplorersWeb content direct to your inbox once a week. Imagem de satélite analisada pelo Mapbiomas mostra região de Coari (AM), uma das mais atingidas - Reprodução/Mapbiomas In September this year, Amazonas, the state home to the world’s largest hydrographic basin, recorded the lowest percentage of surface covered by water since 2018. The data was released on Monday (16) in a technical report by the MapBiomas project. It was prepared based on the analysis of satellite images from 2018 to date. All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced, provided it is not altered and proper credit is given. All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced, provided it is not altered and proper credit is given. 'She's a little baby, chief, now I'm looking at her properly, what a baby,' said the voice at the end of the telephone. 'Beautiful smile, white, white skin, long hair… makes your mouth water.' 'My God, bring her her to me to see right now,' came the excited reply. The call between two paedophiles lining up their next victim for abuse and recorded by police investigators would leave Brazil in a state of shock. For decades, a town had been run by a gang of predatory paedophiles - most of whose members held powerful positions in the council, judiciary and even local schools. The first voice on the taoe is that of Adriano Salan, the Minister of Administration in Coari, a wealthy town of 77,000 in the Brazilian Amazon, 280 miles west of Manaus. His 'chief' and the gang's leader is Adail Pinheiro - the town's mayor. After the taped conversation was made public, victims and witnesses started to come forward and the the true scale of the horror happening in this remote jungle town was finally exposed. Those in the ring included the mayor's chief of staff and closest aides, council ministers, military policemen and countless other employees, including drivers, secretaries and the mayor's housekeepers, according to dozens of testimonies given to prosecutors. They are accused of using money from public coffers to finance the abuse and rape of hundreds of girls aged between nine and 15, all on the orders of Pinheiro, 51, now in his third term as mayor. Disturbingly, some of that money is believed to have come from royalties paid by oil and gas companies, including British oil giant BP. And for decades they had been allowed to operate openly and with impunity - counting on the participation of police chiefs and judges to silence victims and halt any attempts to investigate the claims. Sickeningly, the mayor would have a team of staff who would wait near the gates of schools and outside churches in the town, taking photos and video footage of young girls, according to allegations made by a former employee. The material, he claimed, was then taken to Pinheiro, who would action another team, tasked with contacting the girls families and offering everything from money, mobile phones, computers, even jobs, land and houses, to parents in exchange for their daughters. Few girls 'chosen' by the mob would escape being abused - often at private parties on boats or on board a council medical plane, according to allegations heard by police investigators. A lot of things were given to them, computers, expensive mobile phones, a whole load of things were bought in my name and given to them  - Pineiro's former driver  The mayor was known to prefer the youngest girls, and particularly virgins, for whom he would pay as much as £1000. Last New Year one of his aides allegedly promised a 13-year-old virgin girl for him 'as a New Year's Eve present'. The gang's grip on the town was so strong that few ever dared speak out, fearing retaliations and even death threats.  Families often felt they had no choice but to hand over their children for abuse. It was later found that 70 investigations had been started against Pinheiro - and every one of them halted or shelved by a 'web of protection' provided by corrupt officials, including even federal judges. He was even arrested after being accused of child abuse in 2008 - but was inexplicably released and the case dropped after just 63 days. Even the horrific phone calls between Pinheiro and his staff were only discovered by police at the beginning of this year - seven years after they were first recorded during another shelved investigation - after a flagship Brazilian TV programme began to probe the claims. Following a national public outcry, Pinheiro and five other ringleaders named in the tapes were arrested in January this year and transferred to a prison in Manaus. Eleven months later, however, an investigation by MailOnline has found that nothing has changed in Coari, where poor families are still at the mercy of the paedophile gang who are in control of the town council. Things are much worse in Coari. We are being terrorised every day by Adail's men. People are being threatened and even killed. Our daughters are even more vulnerable than they were before  - Caori resident  While Pinheiro remains in custody in Manaus, he is believed to still command the group, who have reportedly been threatening and bribing families of victims to change their statements on his orders. And, according to residents, most of those widely known to be part of the ring are still in their posts in the council. They include Maria Landia Santos, the Minister for Environment and Tourism, who in 2008 was accused by public prosecutors of being a pimp who recruited young girls for the mayor. One Coari resident told MailOnline: 'Things are much worse in Coari. We are being terrorised every day by Adail's men. People are being threatened and even killed. Our daughters are even more vulnerable than they were before.' Two of those arrested with Pinheiro - Minister of Land and Housing Franciso Oliveira and the mayor's chief of staff Eduardo Oliveira Alves - were quietly released and are back living in Coari. The other arrested council workers were transferred from Manaus back to an open prison in Coari, where, according to local campaigning website Radar Amazonico, they are free to leave during the day and have even been seen frequenting the town's bars and nightclubs. Pinheiro, meanwhile, has also been moved from prison and granted a privileged cell in the city's army barracks. According to reports, he was even allowed out to watch the England v Italy World Cup match at Manaus' Arena Amazonia in June. Most incredibly, though, despite assurances that Pinheiro would be removed from his post as a result of the allegations, he is still officially the mayor of Coari, appearing on the homepage of the council's website. Reporter Any Magareth, from Radar Amazonico, says people in Coari believe Pinheiro, who never married but has three children, will also be released soon and the town's nightmare will continue as normal. She says: 'Adail Pinheiro in Manaus has been sending his emissaries out to lure the families of his victims with money and favours. 'Many are already disillusioned because they see that their accusations led to nothing, except to them being persecuted, with some even having to move home to other towns, so now we are seeing them changing their stories and claiming they were mistaken. 'That's how some already managed to be released from jail, and the same arguments are being used to secure the release of Adail too. And, as time is the friend of all injustices, he'll surely also be set free soon.' The accusations levelled against the mayor of Coari and his henchmen are truly horrific. One ex-employee who worked closely with Pinheiro for a year told Brazil's Fantastico programme how girls, none older than 15, were recruited to take part in orgies organised by council staff. Now in hiding after receiving death threats for speaking out, he said: 'He only wanted little girls. He'd say, bring a little baby for me, 12 or 13 years old. I personally saw 15 to 20 girls being taken to him. 'He'd send his teams out who would wait at the entrances and exits of schools. They'd report back to the mayor, and he would action another team who would convince these girls to perform the sexual acts.' He raped me there right inside the boat. I was terrified, ashamed, I never managed to get that out of me. Today, he wants my daughter  - alleged victim of Pinheiro  Another former member of Pinheiro's staff, his ex-driver Osglebio da Gama, told police in a recorded interview how he would be sent to the homes of the girls' families to buy them with money and gifts. He said: 'A lot of things were given to them, computers, expensive mobile phones, a whole load of things were bought in my name and given to them. I was the one who handed them over. It was always me taking the money to them, 5,000, 6,000 reals (£1,200, £1,500). 'It's because Adail is sick. He is sick. He's not like normal guys. We see a beautiful woman and say, "look at that babe". Not him, that doesn't do anything for him. He just wants to know about the little girls.' Federal police investigators believe Coari's paedophile ring is entirely financed by millions of pounds of public money. One of north Brazil's wealthiest municipalities because of rich oil and natural gas reserves, Coari's town council receives around £82 million a year from oil company royalties. As well as Brazil's state oil company Petrobras, the next biggest explorer was HRT Oil & Gas, which is 45 per cent owned by TNK-BP, a Russian company half-owned by British oil giant BP. Another Federal Police investigation found that, in just five years, around £13 million went missing from Coari's public purse. Few doubt that the large amounts of money flowing into Coari's coffers from multinational oil and gas companies helped bank, maintain and cover up the gang's activities for years. And with much of the town's population living in extreme poverty, the offers of huge sums of cash - or, according to some allegations, a job, a new home or expensive medical treatment - convinced many families to do the unthinkable. In a video testimony recorded by the town's social services, the 13-year-old virgin girl who had been promised to the mayor for New Year told how she was being forced into doing it by her own mother, who was to receive money in exchange. Her voice trembling, she said: 'What am I supposed to do? Nobody can give me an answer. The other way is for me to lose my virginity.' Days before the planned meeting on New Year's Eve, the terrified girl fled Coari and went to stay with relatives in Manaus. A friend told the Fantastico programme how when her mother discovered she had refused to go with Pinheiro she beat her up. She said: 'I saw the bruises on her body. Because she didn't go. Her mother had been emotionally blackmailing her, you understand? So that she would do it.' The most recent accusation comes from a 13-year-old girl who claims she was forced by her mother to have sexual relations with the mayor in exchange for cash. In a recorded interview with social workers she also claims he tried to recruit her to find virgin girls for the gang. Among the things we have heard today is that he didn't like to repeat the same girl, he would put the girls in a circle and choose the one he would abuse, along with his friends  - Inquiry chairman Lilian Sa  She said: 'He said he would pay me 2,000 reals (£500) for each girl. As long as they were virgins. He wants girls and they have to be virgins. I feel sad because I don't want to do this.' Another of Pinheiro's victims told the Fantastico programme how, 20 years after first raping her as a child, the mayor is now set on abusing her daughter. She said: 'I was just nine. My mother worked as a cook in a boat. I stayed there, playing, while my mother was working. He raped me there right inside the boat. I was terrified, ashamed, I never managed to get that out of me. Today, he wants my daughter. 'She's eleven years old, so he is destroying my whole life, because it happened with me, with my own blood and now he wants my daughter too. He is a monster. 'He thinks he's all powerful, he persecutes, he oppresses, he forces people to do what he wants, and if you don't you have nowhere to go, you die of hunger, you have to leave town.' Pinheiro's grip on the town was evident on the day congresspeople from Brazil's Parliamentary Inquiry into Child Exploitation arrived to investigate the allegations in June last year. The council had declared a public holiday on the day so that civil servants could protest against the arrival of the the commission. Even schools closed for the day, and Pinheiro's aides could be seen directing the mob, who followed the groups of parliamentarians shouting insults and waving banners, according to press reports. Pinheiro and others accused had been summoned to give evidence, but despite assurances they would cooperate all fled town on the day, with Pinheiro leaving a medical certificate claiming he was undergoing a surgical procedure in Sao Paulo. After hearing from the group's victims, commission member Amazonas State Deputy Luiz Castro, said: 'What we have seen today in Coari was a separate country, as if we had an enclave outside of Brazil, a lawless land, with no respect for children, no respect for adolescents, no respect for families, adults. 'We have seen men of our own age, of my age or younger, crying like children during their testimonies, a feeling of impotence, of frustration, before situations of complete injustice. People drive around carrying guns, in blacked-out cars, they threaten, persecute, follow, send messages, shoot. 'The arrest of the ringleader wasn't enough. On the contrary, the climate here is one of even more terror. 'Mr Pinheiro, who for some is sick and for others is a terribly evil character, is an unrepentant paedophile. All the evidence from previous investigations is enough to condemn him. The evidence collected today, even more so. It's not just him. There are a lot of people in Coari who are involved in this gang.' Congresswoman Lilian Sa, the Inquiry's chair, said: 'Among the things we have heard today is that he didn't like to repeat the same girl, he would put the girls in a circle and choose the one he would abuse, along with his friends. 'This is something that we simply can no longer close our eyes to.' As expected, though, those who suffered the most following the commission's visit to Coari have been those who chose to bravely speak out. One 13-year-old girl and her mother, who told of how she had been targeted by Pinheiro and a meeting arranged by his henchmen, had to be removed from town by federal agents after suffering threats and retaliations. The Amazonas state human rights council confirmed the family are now living in a safe house under the witness protection programme. Another witness was also moved from Coari after suffering threats and an assassination attempt, according to the Radar Amazonia website. One newspaper stall owner, Raimunda de Moura, who dared to sell newspapers reporting the accusations, claimed her business was closed down by military policemen on the orders of the gang. She said, in a statement to Amazonas' State Legislative Assembly in Manaus in June: 'They did this to try to prevent these newspapers circulating in the town. Now that [Pinheiro] is in jail, he is even more in charge than when he was free. Because he orders and his soldiers here do everything he wants. 'The whole town is oppressed. I don't know what I will do when I get back to the town, but I don't have anywhere else to run. If I stay quiet, I run the risk of dying and if I speak, I run the same risk. So, I'm here, in the name of those who are there, too afraid to speak out.' Even the lawyer acting for the Parliamentary Inquiry claims has been a target of death threats. Fabio Amorim, who lives in Manaus, posted a photo on his Facebook page of his car rear window with the words 'You Will Die' written in the dust. In July this year, in the days after 48 witnesses were notified of the day they were to be heard in court, Pinheiro's gang set to work convincing them to change their stories, according to information collected by local journalist Gustavo Rodrigues. One, he claimed, was offered a prominent job in the council. Others were given death threats if they didn't drop their statements. One of Pinheiro's victims told how one of the mayor's staff rang her home and told them to 'prepare the wood for their coffins.' Many of the threats and bribes worked. 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