Brazil arrests 63, levies $8.7 million in fines over fires
32AM [Updated: Tue Sep 24, 2019 04:32AM ]/ In this aerial view, the red dust of the BR230 highway, known as "Transamazonica", is seen mixing with fires in the agriculture town of Ruropolis, Para State, northern Brazil, at sunset on September 6, 2019. (By AFP)/ Brazil's defense minister says 63 people have been arrested and issues fines amounting to $8.7 million after the military was sent to fight raging fires in the Amazon rainforest. The announcement came as President Jair Bolsonaro arrived in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, ...
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