BRASILIA: Authorities have confirmed the deaths of eight people on Indigenous territory in northern Brazil, where illegal miners have been occupying protected reserves. The bodies were discovered on Monday in the state of Roraima, with an investigation currently underway, according to a statement released by federal police. The identities of the victims have not yet been revealed.
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Over the weekend, five others, including an Indigenous person, were killed in the same area during armed clashes with illegal gold miners. Brazilian police and military have been conducting an operation since February to force out illegal miners from territory belonging to the Indigenous Yanomami people in the Amazon rainforest, along the border with Venezuela.
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