Article 3WX7S Brazil: murder of indigenous leader highlights threat to way of life

Brazil: murder of indigenous leader highlights threat to way of life

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Flávia Milhorance in Rio de Janeiro
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3WX7S)

Jorginho Guajajara's killing is believed by members of his tribe to be the result of conflict with loggers in their Amazon territory

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are mourning the murder of a community leader who campaigned to protect the forest from logging amid escalating violence in the region.

Jorginho Guajajara, a cacique, or leader, of the Guajajara people, was found dead near a river in the city of Arame, Maranhio state, at the weekend.

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