BRASILIA - Brazil’s Defense Ministry on Thursday suspended operations by environmental agents against illegal miners on an indigenous reservation in the Amazon, saying it was acting at the request of Munduruku tribe members who wanted mining on their land.
The raid by environmental protection agency Ibama began on Wednesday, destroying excavators and water pumps used by wildcat miners prospecting for gold on rivers inside the reservation in Para state. The suspension ordered by the Defense Ministry followed a visit to the Munduruku reservation by Environment Minister Ricardo Salles to meet with miners and tribe members who favor mining.
Munduruku representatives were flown to Brasilia in an Air Force plane for a meeting at the Environment Ministry, the statement added.Bolsonaro, who has said he plans to legalize mining on indigenous reservations currently protected by Brazil’s law, has in the past criticized the destruction of mining equipment used by wildcat miners.
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once in the amazon guide i was with heard chainsaw in the distance and derailed us to immediately investigate demeanor changed immediately, dunno what he was going 2do if was illegal op, maybe fashion poison blowdarts turned out local family cut logs to repair home flood damage
Are the Mundurukutribe being intimidated? It’s doesn’t make sense, they benefit nothing from any of this.
Illegal mining done by *indigenous* in their land, kindly be precise.
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