Amid illegal Amazon gold mining, Indigenous land defenders get reinforcements

Grist
By Joseph LeeApr 19, 2022, 10:45 am362 pts
Following years of escalating violence by illicit mining operations in the Amazon, Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Safety has sent federal police, a joint military-civilian unit, environmental inspectors, and representatives from the government’s Indigenous affairs agency to protect Indigenous…

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