In the first incident, which occurred on Saturday in the state of Maranhão, Janildo Oliveira Guajajara, a member of the group calling itself “guardians of the jungle,” was reportedly shot in the back. Another man was seriously injured in the attack.
In another incident the same day in the state, Jael Carlos Miranda Guajajara was hit by a car in what indigenous groups believe was a selective assassination.
The reasons for the deaths are not clear, but the police are investigating whether they are related to indigenous resistance to the illegal loggers who have invaded their land.
According to reports, a 14-year-old indigenous boy from the Pataxo people, in the state of Bay, died on Sunday in a shooting by unidentified gunmen. Their reserve has not been officially recognized and farmers live on the land claimed by the Pataxos.
A phenomenon that has grown in recent years
In December 2019 there were four murders of Guajajara “forest guardians” in Maranhao state in six weeks, all indigenous men from the Guajajara reserve. Arariboia who has been at odds with the loggers.
Illegal gold mining and logging have increased in the Amazon jungle since the president Jair Bolsonaro he won the 2018 elections.
In June, illegal fishermen confessed to killing Bruno Pereiraa Brazilian expert on uncontacted tribes, and the British journalist Dom Phillipswho was traveling through the Javari Valley doing a report for a book on the Amazon.
Source: Ambito
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