The police are accused of having entered the campment firing and thus wounding various people. Two of the wounded needed to be hospitalized. Lima was injured and is in hospital under guard of the military police and Barbosa is in prison in the municipality of Ceara Mirim. The lawyers of the MST requested that both be freed but the judge who is a cousin of the owner of the ranch refused the request. However on January 30, the Justice Tribunal of Rio Grande do Norte judged that both prisoners should be freed.
Small farmers continue protest.
We need this money to buy food, pay school expenses for our children and pay the electricity bill. On January 30, approximately 3500 small farmers camped in the center of the state capital, Porto Alegre and later occupied the Ministry of Finance building requesting a meeting with the representative of the Minister for Finance. The governor of the state, Antonio Britto had refused to meet with representatives of the small farmers. The military police were called in to remove the protesters and did so in a violent manner. 39 protesters and 12 police were injured in the operation.