SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Nene Constantino, whose  family controls Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas (GOLL4.SA),  has been indicted in connection with the 2001 murder of a land  squatter, a Sao Paulo newspaper said yesterday.

O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper said a Brasilia court issued  an arrest warrant for Constantino, 78, for masterminding the  killing of Marcio Leonardo de Sousa Brito in Brasilia in Oct.  2001.

Police in the capital were searching for Constantino, who  remains at large and may be hiding in Sao Paulo, according to  Estado, which did not disclose the source of the information.

It said Brito had led a group of 100 people who were camped  at the facilities of a bus company, Viacao Planeta, owned by  Constantino. Police determined that Constantino ordered two  employees to hire a hitman to kill Brito, the paper said.

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