What Gold Miners In A Bar Boasted They’d Done To A Never Before Contacted Amazonian Tribe, Is Truly Disturbing
18. Uncontacted Tribes, Fleicheros, and Outsiders
www.survivalinternational.orgIn some cases, government or police agents have been blamed for the violence. The authorities are investigating one police raid in the Amazon region that ended with 10 activists being killed. No officers were injured.
According to the New York Times, With land disputes on the rise in many remote areas of Brazil, indigenous groups, rural workers, and land activists have all been targeted by violence. More than 50 people had been killed as of the end of July, compared with 61 in all of 2016, according to the Land Pastoral Commission.
The uncontacted tribe connected to the incident in September 2017 are known locally as Fleicheros or “the ones who throw arrows”.
