Outrage in Brazil at the killing of an indigenous “guardian of the forest”

Monday, November 4th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

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Activists expressed outrage on Sunday at the killing of an indigenous “guardian of the forest” in Brazil's Amazon and called on the government to thwart illegal loggers in the region. Paulo Paulino Guajajara and another tribesman, Laercio Guajajara, were ambushed by loggers late Friday as they patrolled the Arariboia territory in the northeastern state of Maranhao. Read full article

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DemonTree
If it was farmers being shot in the back for defending their land from thieves the authorities wouldn't sit there and do nothing. In Brazil the law only protects the rich, everyone else is left to fend for themselves.
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