Damares could be prosecuted for kidnapping an indigenous child.

247 - "Following the revelation that Minister Damares Alves (Women, Family and Human Rights) irregularly adopted an indigenous child, opposition parliamentarians demanded an investigation by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office," reports the news outlet. reporter From the newspaper O Globo."Fifteen years ago, according to reports from several members of the Kamayurá Village in Xingu, Kajutiti Lulu Kamayurá was taken by Damares under the pretext of undergoing dental treatment. The child, then 6 years old, did not return, and the adoption was never formalized," the text points out.

"The evidence strongly suggests a violation of rights. The Public Prosecutor's Office must open a public civil inquiry and a police investigation to find out what happened. The minister herself must come forward publicly to clarify this story. There was a violation of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent and the Statute of the Indigenous People," said Deputy Jandira Feghali (PCdoB-RJ). "The adoption process in Brazil is very rigorous, even more so for the indigenous population. This reveals a very high level of violence, because customs and traditions were not respected, so much so that there is no agreement from the tribe of origin," reinforced Congressman Paulo Teixeira (PT-SP)."There is a logic within some evangelical sectors to remove children from their communities, but now it looks more like a kidnapping than an adoption," pointed out Ivan Valente (Psol-SP).