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Brazil | Mob of illegal miners invade Indigenous PA, kill Native leader

Writer's picture: Dave Harmon, PW editorDave Harmon, PW editor

RIO DE JANEIRO — Several dozen heavily armed miners dressed in military fatigues invaded an indigenous village in remote northern Brazil this week and fatally stabbed at least one of the community’s leaders, officials said Saturday.


The killing comes as miners and loggers are making increasingly bold and defiant incursions into protected areas, including indigenous territories, with the explicit encouragement of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro. Officials warned the conflict could escalate in the coming hours.


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/world/americas/brazil-miners-amapa.html

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