Bolsonaro pick for Funai agency horrifies indigenous leaders

• Marcelo Xavier da Silva is police officer linked to agribusiness
• Former agency employee: 'I am scared of him'

Indigenous leaders and specialists working with Brazil's nearly one million tribal people have been stunned and disconcerted by the appointment of a federal police officer with strong connections to agribusiness as the new head of the country's indigenous agency.

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