Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
- Indigenous leaders on the Brazil-Peru border say their communities are being “taken hostage” by organised crime groups who are running rampant across the region, destroying Amazon Forest, building roads and trafficking drugs.
- Earlier this month, masked men armed with semi-automatic weapons entered homes in Apiwtxa, a village in the Kampa do Rio Amônia Indigenous Territory, intimidating people and searching for targets.
- The Asháninka people, who have faced threats from intruders for decades due to their efforts to protect the forest and eject narco smugglers, say this is the worst danger they hav
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- Indigenous leaders on the Brazil-Peru border say their communities are being “taken hostage” by organised crime groups who are running rampant across the region, destroying Amazon Forest, building roads and trafficking drugs.
- Earlier this month, masked men armed with semi-automatic weapons entered homes in Apiwtxa, a village in the Kampa do Rio Amônia Indigenous Territory, intimidating people and searching for targets.
- The Asháninka people, who have faced threats from intruders for decades due to their efforts to protect the forest and eject narco smugglers, say this is the worst danger they hav
Sources: Guardian