Woman's Body Found in Mining Area in Yanomami Territory
The victim was close to the place where eight dead people were located
May.8.2023 1:33PM
Nicola Pamplona
RIO DE JANEIRO
The body of a woman was found on Saturday (6) in the Yanomami Indigenous territory, in Roraima, close to the mining area where eight bodies had been located in the same week. According to the Federal Police, the victim had signs of sexual violence.
FILE PHOTO: A helicopter of the Brazilian Environmental Agency (IBAMA) is seen near Uraricoera river during an operation at illegal mining in the Yanomami indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo - REUTERS
The Federal Police says that there are indications that the woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was killed by hanging. It was seen during an overflight by the National Force in the Uxiu region.
The region is experiencing an escalation of violence, which has led sectors of the federal government to mobilize to demand more support from the Ministry of Defense in operations to remove people who are foreign to the territory.
The previous Saturday, three Yanomami men were shot in Uxiu, in an attack allegedly carried out by miners. One of the victims died.
On Sunday (30), at another point in the territory, teams from the Federal Highway Police and Ibama were shot at when they arrived at a gold mine. Four miners were killed by the agents.
On Monday (1st), eight bodies were found in the area. As the victims are not indigenous people, people involved in the investigation believe that the action was retaliation for the attack suffered three days earlier, when the community was having a funeral ceremony.
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