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A small town in the hinterland of Pernambuco enjoys a beautiful landscape. Learn about its history and follow the details of this beautiful city. One story that left its mark on the city of Itaíba was the story of the photographer, Benjamin Abrão. (check it out) He was a merchant of fabrics and small items, as well as typical products from the northeast, first in Recife, then in Juazeiro do Norte, with two donkeys (Assanhado and Buril) and a horse (named Sultão), attracted by the large number of pilgrims. Abrahão was secretary to Father Cícero and met the bandit Lampião in 1926, when the latter went to Juazeiro do Norte to receive the blessing of the famous vicar and the rank of captain, to help in the pursuit of the Prestes Column. Both were in the city in 1924, but did not meet. The appointment was made at the behest of the priest by federal employee Pedro de Albuquerque Uchoa, according to an authorization given to Congressman Floro Bartolomeu by President Artur Bernardes himself - an order that was of no use, as it was not respected in the other states, resulting in Lampião and his gang never pursuing Prestes. In 1929, Abrahão photographed the bandit leader alongside the priest. After the death of Father Cícero, Abrahão requested and obtained permission from the King of Cangaço to accompany the band into the caatinga and take the images that immortalized him. To this end, he had the partnership of Ademar Bezerra de Albuquerque, owner of ABAFILM, from Ceará, who, in addition to lending the equipment, taught the photographer how to use it. On at least two occasions, he was with the band, carrying out his work. Abrahão had his work confiscated by the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas, who saw him as an antagonist of the regime. Kept by the Elihimas family, Lebanese migrants in Pernambuco, the film was analyzed by the Press and Propaganda Department - DIP, a censorship agency active during the Estado Novo. Death He died after being attacked with forty-two stab wounds, a crime that was never clarified, both in terms of authorship and motivation, and it is speculated that it was yet another death orchestrated by the system, like others that occurred in similar situations, such as Horácio de Matos, although there is a version that the Syrian-Lebanese photographer was the target of a robbery, despite the fact that there was nothing of value in the robbery.