Brazilian Federal Police open investigation to look into genocide and other crimes against the Yanomami people.
The investigation will focus on practices of genocide, failure to provide assistance, and environmental crimes. The Lula government points to Bolsonaro's responsibility.
Reuters - By order of the Ministry of Justice, the Federal Police opened an investigation into the crimes of genocide, failure to provide assistance, environmental crimes, and others that may have occurred in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, the Federal Police reported this Wednesday.
The investigation will be handled by the Regional Superintendence of the Federal Police in Roraima and will be conducted confidentially.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, had requested that the Federal Police open an investigation into the situation that led to the deaths of Yanomami indigenous children.
Dino and members of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government accuse the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro of being responsible for this situation, which they call genocide.
The Ministry of Health declared a state of public health emergency on Friday in the Yanomami Territory, the country's largest indigenous reserve, following reports of children dying from malnutrition and other illnesses brought on by illegal gold mining.
Lula visited the Yanomami Indigenous Health Center in Boa Vista on Saturday and promised that the government will "civilize" the treatment of indigenous peoples, in addition to ending illegal mining.
The Yanomami territory has been invaded by illegal miners for decades, but the incursions multiplied after Bolsonaro took office in 2018, promising to allow mining on previously protected indigenous lands and offering to legalize illegal mining.
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