One year after the murder of indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in Vale do Javari, in the state of Amazonas, the main demands of the indigenous population for a more thorough investigation into the crime and for public policies that guarantee local securitystill remain on their agenda. Vale do Javari, the second largest indigenous land in Brazil, is located in the municipalities of Atalaia do Norte and Guajara. Thisamazonian region is home to the world's largest concentration of isolated peoples, encompassing 64 villages with 26 communities and about 6,300 individuals. It faces numerous challenges such as illegal fishing, logging, and drug trafficking. The legal attorney for the Union of Indigenous Peoples of Vale do Javari (Univaja), Eliesio Marubo, says the investigation should be comprehensive and not just focus on the perpetrators of the crime, but on the agents who support predatory activities in this area. "It is necessary to investigat
The Union of Indigenous Peoples of Vale do Javari says the investigation should be comprehensive and not just focus on the perpetrators of the crime, but on the agents who support predatory activities in this area.
Two senior officials in Brazil's former Bolsanaro regime have been charged with failing to prevent the murders of a UK journalist and an expert in the Amazon.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police recommended misconduct charges be filed on Friday against two ex-officials of Indigenous agency Funai in the case of a journalist and a native expert murdered last June in the Amazon rainforest.