Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
Indigenous leaders from the Brazil-Peru border are appealing to the Brazilian government for protection against organized crime groups. These criminal networks are infiltrating Indigenous territories to traffic drugs and destroy the Amazon rainforest.
Masked gunmen entered homes in the Brazilian village of Apiwtxa, within the Amazon Forest, earlier this month. Masked gunmen entered homes in the Brazilian village of Apiwtxa, within the Amazon Forest, earlier this month. Amazon rainforest Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon Forest
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