Faced with the invasion and destruction of indigenous lands, attacks and reports of the death of Yanomami, the Senate committee approved the final report – 37 pages long – in which it defends the use of the Armed Forces to “guarantee law and order” in the region.
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The report says that “the Armed Forces have resources and capillarity far superior to those of public security bodies in the Amazon region, including sophisticated surveillance systems”.
The senators also presented a proposal to change the Disarmament Statute, to grant firearms possession to members of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) in inspection activities. The commission also wants to change the Environmental Crimes Law, to aggravate penalties imposed on those who commit crimes on indigenous lands.
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After almost two months of work, parliamentarians and the commission's technical team found that poverty and lack of assistance are factors that worsen violence against indigenous people.
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Indigenous peoples need social, political and health assistance and the State has shown itself to be absent on these issues, the senators point out.
The absence of the State favors the growth of illicit markets involving land grabbing, burning, logging, mining, fishing, hunting, piracy and the transportation of drugs and weapons. In a power vacuum, criminal organizations are formed or migrate to exploit these activities.
Source: Senate Agency
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