Three deaths of indigenous people are recorded in Maranhão and Bahia

• MARANHÃO:

Janildo Oliveira Guajajara He was murdered with shots in the back, in Amarante do Maranhão. Jael Carlos Miranda Guajajara died after being run over in the municipality of Arame.

Janildo was already part of “Guardians of the Forest” – organized group of indigenous vigilantes who look for illegal loggers and other invaders, and report them to authorities.

There is still no confirmation that the deaths are related to the conflict with loggers – who illegally deforest the Arariboia TI – but this is one of the hypotheses considered in the investigation, as the region has been under tension for a long timesystem. (G1)

• BAHIA:

Gustavo Silva da Conceição, aged 14, was murdered with a shot to the head after an attack by suspected gunmen on the Pataxó group from Aldeia Alegria Nova – which occupies a eucalyptus farm located in the TI Comexatiba, in the city of Prado.

Aldeia Alegria is in process of peaceful resumption of areas that are part of the territory demarcated by Funai (National Indian Foundation) and which had the RCID (Detailed Report on Identification and Delimitation of Indigenous Land) published in 2015system. (UOL)

In an audio circulating on social media, gunmen threaten to attack the Pataxós again.

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