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Feb 6 • 06:00 UTC • 🇧🇷 Brazil • G1 (PT)

Farmer reported for conditions akin to slavery in MG; workers ate corn to survive, says MPF

Seven workers rescued from a charcoal factory in Tapira, MG, reported surviving only on corn while enduring exhausting work hours, leading the Federal Public Ministry to charge the farmer and foreman with human trafficking crimes.

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