Brazil's Justice Ministry has dispatched security forces to an indigenous reservation in the south of the country where two people have been killed in a dispute over renting land to soy farmers.
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice has dispatched security forces to an indigenous reservation in the south of the country where two people have been killed in a dispute over renting land to soy farmers.
Federal police said that they are investigating the fatal shooting of two members of the Kaingang community on Saturday during a wave of violence fueled by dissent in the community over distributing the farming income.
Rosenildo Batista and Lucas Caetano were killed after being expelled from the reservation over a disagreement with the leader, said Iuri de Oliveira, the officer leading the investigation.
Police have identified suspects in the
UPDATE 1-Gold miners fire on Yanomami indigenous community in Brazil Reuters 3 days ago
By Anthony Boadle
BRASILIA, May 11 (Reuters) - Illegal gold miners inside the Yanomami reservation in northern Brazil on Monday opened fire with automatic weapons on an indigenous community that has opposed their entry by river, a Yanomami leader said.
The Yanomami responded with bows and arrows and shotguns wounding four of the attackers during the 30-minute clash on Monday morning, Dario Kopenawa, head of the Yanomami s Hutukara Association said on Tuesday.
One indigenous person was grazed in the skirmish, he said in a report to the government s indigenous affairs agency Funai, the Brazilian army, federal prosecutors and police.