A 63-year-old Argentine tourist, identified as Eduardo Ignacio, was arrested on Sunday in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on racial discrimination charges after photographing and filming a 7-year-old Black boy aboard a tourist train, and sharing the images in a messaging group with racist comments that included the phrase: “I can take him as a slave.” The case, recorded on the steam train that connects the municipality of São João del-Rei with the historic city of the same name, raises to three the racism episodes involving South American tourists in Brazil over the past five months.

Argentino detido por racismo em MG foi flagrado enviando fotos e mensagens sobre escravizar uma criança de 7 anos durante passeio turístico na Maria Fumaça.

Mãe do menino, de 7 anos, foi alertada por uma passageira e conseguiu acessar o celular do suspeito; caso ocorreu em trem entre São João del-Rei e Tiradentes