In the last three years, the Bolsonaro government has encouraged illegal mining, which has increased and advanced in indigenous lands, putting the lives of hundreds of indigenous peoples in Brazil at risk. Faced with the dismantling and omission of inspection agencies, leaders organized themselves to protect the territories on their own.
One of the monitoring actions was carried out in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land, which resulted in the seizure of hundreds of mining materials and the destruction of a raft on the Maú River, which was being used to extract minerals from the indigenous land.
Indigenous peoples will continue with actions and combat illegal mining.
Out with mining!