Brazilian miner was slain by masked attackers

Jose Francisco De Sousa Lema

Murdered Brazilian dredge owner Jose Francisco De Sousa Lema was robbed of raw gold by three masked men with guns and after the attack his body was left lying on the roadway for most of Tuesday because police at the nearest stations did not have any transportation to get them to the isolated area.

Lema and his father-in-law, Julian Cummings, were attacked by bandits early Tuesday morning in the Barama area,