We have received disturbing news from the Amazon itself. Young Indian activist Paulo Paulino Guajajara was shot dead by a logging group in the Brazilian Amazon. According to the BBC, this is another case of murder aimed at "liquidating" opponents of the long-lasting logging.
Amazon activist murdered - care for rainforests overpaid with life ...
The murder took place in the Arariboia reserve. It was there that Guajajara hunted with his companion Tainaky Tenetehar. Unfortunately, they fell into an ambush by a gang dealing with illegal logging. Guajajara was killed by a headshot. His companion was seriously injured. Brazilian authorities say that the perpetrators of the crimes will face punishment.
"We will spare no efforts to bring those responsible for this crime to justice," assures Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro.
Who was the victim?
He was a native Indian. A respected leader of his community and a member of the organization "Strażnicy Lasu". This organization was created specifically to fight criminal groups that cut down trees in the Amazon. According to Survival International, this is not the first homicide against this background. Earlier, several other activists and their loved ones had lost their lives fighting for their home, the Amazon forest.
Activist Paulo Paulino Guajajara died because he took a strong, firm voice on the matter. One of his last important statements was as follows.
“Sometimes I'm scared, but we have to look up and act. We are fighting here. There is so much destruction of nature, good trees with hardwoods like steel are felled and taken away. " - an excerpt from an interview with Reuters.
Amazon activist assassinated - does Brazil's president approve acts of violence?
The Brazilian Indian genocide is legitimized by the president's rhetoric - such strong words have been expressed in recent days by the leader of the local community, Sonia Bone Guajajara.
The truth is that forest fights and murders against this background took place before the aforementioned Bolsonaro came to power. in the years 1985-2017 there were 157 murders on this background. Unfortunately, not many of them ended up in court.
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