With Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvahis administration "will not allow illegal mining on Indigenous lands," the government announced Wednesday that environmental special forces destroyed at least one helicopter, an airplane, and a bulldozer used by "mining mafias" in the territory of the Yanomami people in the Amazon rainforest this week.
The raids aimed at removing illegal mining operations involving tens of thousands of ore and gold miners from the region began on Monday, just over a month after the leftist president, known as Lula, took office.that the special forces set up a base near the Uraricoera River, which illegal miners used during right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro's administration.
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources , the National Indian Foundation , and the newly-created Indigenous affairs ministry took part in coordinating the raids, with Defense Minister José Múcio monitoring the operation. Sonia Guajajara, who was appointed by Lula to be Brazil's first-ever minister of Indigenous affairs, surveyed the region, where nearly 30,000 Yanomami live, ahead of the operation.
\u201cA Ministra dos Povos Ind\u00edgenas, @GuajajaraSonia, sobrevoou neste domingo a regi\u00e3o de Homoxi, na Terra Ind\u00edgena Yanomami afetada pelo garimpo ilegal. Hoje mais um beb\u00ea Yanomami morreu v\u00edtima de desnutri\u00e7\u00e3o.\n\n\ud83d\udcf7 Gilvan Alves/@TVBrasil\u201d
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