Udo Wahlbrink, President of the Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais de Vilhena e Chupinguaia, in Rondonia, was threatened and shot at three times. Having received no protection from the justice system and the police, he decided to carry a gun, which was used an excuse to detain him and torture him for eight months in 2012.
According to the Pastoral Land Commission (CTP), there were 36 agrarian conflict-related murders in 2012, an increase of 24% on the 29 cases in 2011. In 2012, Rondonia state exceeded Pará state in the total number of murders related to land disputes, with nine cases, as opposed to two the previous year, an increase of 350%.