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Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people, in the latest flareup linked to a long-running land dispute. The incidents occurred in a part of the Amazonian state of Pará that’s been dubbed the “palm oil war” region, where Mongabay has over the past year documented the escalating tensions.
Members of the Tembé Indigenous People were shot in Tomé-Açu, in northeast Pará, on Monday (07). Indigenous and quilombola communities claim traditional territories in dispute with the BBF group, a palm oil manufacturer seeking to sell biofuel to aviation companies