Indigenous leaders, in an assembly held on November 16, expressed concern about the lack of response from the agencies about the police violence that occurred against the Tabatinga Community on November 16, 2021, in which several leaders were injured.
Eight of those affected in a recording made by leaders, most of them elderly / 2021
The letter that was filed with the CIR reads:
"We, the indigenous communities of Tabatinga, Sol Nascente, Deus Nos Ama and Camararém gathered on November 16, 2022 at the Tabatinga surveillance post to reflect on a year in which indigenous leaders were shot by the military police of the state of Roraima, and to this day we have not forgotten and have no answers.”
The leaders also report in a document that the aftermath of the violence left women, children and young people frightened and the elderly unable to work in the fields and in the retreats in cattle raising. A leader shot in the chest suffers the aftermath of the shot.
(...) And to this day we do not have an explanation as to why and what is the reason for this violent attack, we want to punish these people because today those affected are suffering without being able to work, in search of their livelihoods and their families and it is a day that was marked in all of us and we wait for a response from the competent authorities.
Since the struggle for the demarcation of Raposa Serra do Sol, there have been several cases of violence, invasion of the community, death of leaders, destruction of retreats, hundreds of threats to leaders. In 2003, Aldo Mota was murdered, and his mastermind was acquitted in the Jury Court. 2004, there was the criminal destruction of the Brilho do Sol, Homologação and Jawarizinho Communities. 2005, the arson of the Training Center. 2008, the violent attack known as the Case of the Ten Brothers, shot. In all these reported cases, there has been no punishment for those responsible or compensation to the communities and victims to date.
Leaders show (to Prosecutor Alisson Marugal and the head of the PF) the location of the medical center that was also invaded and stoned, Luiz Ventura (CIMI) registers the leadership while explaining / 2021 - CIR
Clothes with the blood of those hit by gunfire / 2021 - CIR
THE CASE OF TABATINGA: The Tabatinga community was invaded by the Military Police of the State of Roraima on November 16, 2021, around 5 pm. 12 leaders were injured, including women, young people and children. The police invaded the house of Tuxaua Domingos, destroyed the health center, broke the only solar panel, shot at the houses. Two leaders were seriously injured. Two days later, even with the presence of the MPF Prosecutor, the Federal Police Chief and Funai Representatives in the community, a group of more than 50 police officers surrounded the community in a threatening tone, standing in plain clothes throughout the day, ready to invade the community again.
Police surround and guard community while Prosecutor Alisson Murgal signs Letter with demands from leaders / 2021 - CIR
The CIR's legal counsel denounced the case of violence to all human rights agencies and has been accompanying the leaders in testimonies and diligences with the agencies. All legal support is being provided to ensure that this crime does not go unpunished, and that communities and leaders are compensated.
Changing bandages and cleaning the head (hit by rubber shot) /2021 - CIR
Bullet Fragments and Shells, 2021 - CIR
Projectile removed from the chest of one of the affected leaders / 2021 - CIR
Letter from the leaders - 2022
