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was arrested and told he would be imprisoned if he continued reporting. He refused. At a summary trial six days later, on 5 December 2006, he was sentenced to four years in prison for "social dangerousness". When his family was leaving the courthouse, they were attacked and beaten up. Perdigon's father was hospitalized. Ana
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