Minister Sonia Guajajara demands investigation by the Federal Police after attack by illegal miners on Yanomami Indigenous land.
One indigenous person was killed and two others were injured in attacks this Saturday. The Minister for Indigenous Peoples said that an interministerial delegation was sent to the community.
247 - The Minister for Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, demanded an investigation by the Federal Police (PF) regarding the shooting attack perpetrated by gold miners in the Yanomami Indigenous Territoryin Roraima. The incident resulted in the death of one indigenous person and left two others injured.
Using her Twitter account, Guajajara announced the measures she is taking in response to the attack, including sending an interministerial delegation to intensify efforts to remove illegal miners from the region. She also requested reinforcements from federal forces and an investigation of the case by the Federal Police.
The attack occurred this Saturday (29) in the Uxiú community, located in the Yanomami Indigenous Land. The injured indigenous people were rescued by professionals from the Yanomami Special Indigenous Health District (DSEI) and taken to the Reference Center in the Surucucu community. Unfortunately, one of the indigenous people did not survive the injuries and died during the night, before being transferred to a hospital in Boa Vista. The victim was a health worker in the Yanomami land.
According to Júnior Hekurari Yanomami, president of the District Council of Indigenous Health (Condisi), the gold miners still present in the region were responsible for shootings against the indigenous people.
The Yanomami Indigenous Territory has been facing a public health emergency since January, declared by the federal government. Since 2021, Indigenous people have been denouncing hunger and diseases such as malaria caused by the invasion of illegal miners in the region.
The federal government has been conducting operations to combat illegal mining and providing food for the indigenous communities in the region. However, the recent violence highlights the urgency of more effective measures to protect the Yanomami Indigenous Territory and ensure the safety and well-being of its inhabitants.