DENVER, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Brazilian prosecutors allege a documentary film has undermined the alibi of a rancher suspected in the killing of Sister Dorothy Stang.
Regivaldo Galvao was arrested last weekend at his home in the Amazon state of Para, The Denver Post reported Monday.
Prosecutors allege Galvao masterminded Sister Stang's execution in February 2005 and then forged land titles to the property where she died, the Post reported.
Sister Stang was fatally shot on public rain-forest land sought by ranchers for cattle grazing and timber cutting. The nun, who had lived with Brazil's poor for 30 years, had contended the land was protected federal land.
In the critically acclaimed film "They Killed Sister Dorothy," Galvao's lawyer mentions his client has legal ties to the land Sister Stang died defending, which undermines Galvao's initial claim that he had no interest in the land, the Post reported.
"Brazil is very aware that Dorothy has been recognized by the world community," said her brother, David Stang of Palmer Lake, Colo. "This has to be very embarrassing."
