Drawn by high gold prices, reduced state and federal oversight and outdated mining legislation, thousands of Brazilian miners have flocked to Indigenous lands.
BOA VISTA, Brazil — The scorching Amazon sun beats down as a group of agents inspect the body of a black helicopter. Nearby, in the backyard of the federal police headquarters in the city of Boa Vista, sit more than twenty aircraft — all seized. Some bear signs of violent
BOA VISTA, Brazil (Associated Press) The scorching Amazon sun beats down as a group of agents inspect the body of a black helicopter. Nearby, in the backy.
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Illegal gold miners in the Brazilian Amazon are attacking indigenous people who stand up to their destructive ways, emboldened by a president who supports such mining and weakened government agencies.