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Camilo Pereira

Released
Era:2010s
State:Virginia
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Radical Action for Mountains’ and People’s Survival (RAMPS) Mountain Justice
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Biography

Camilo Pereira participated in the June 2014 blockade of Alpha Natural Resources headquarters in Bristol, Virginia. Pereira was among eight activists who spent multiple days in jail while awaiting bond hearings.

Case

Charges: Alpha headquarters protest — individual counts unverified; group reports list trespass, obstructing passage, disorderly conduct and fire-code violations
Arrested: Jun 20, 2014
Incarcerated: Jun 20, 2014
Released: 2014
Sentence: Arrested June 20, 2014 and still jailed with the group at the June 23 arraignment. A July 6 campaign update confirms everyone had been released. The individual release day and final charges or disposition remain unverified; no sentence is inferred from the pretrial detention.