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Article

3 Feb 2014

Author:
Earth First! Newswire

Brazil: Munduruku People Kick Miners Off Indigenous Territory, Seize Equipment

…[I]ndigenous Munduruku people landed on the bank of a mine on Tropas River…to drive out illegal miners from Munduruku land…According to the workers in the mine, the four pairs of dredges, used for the extraction of gold, belonged to Alexandre Martins. Known as Tubaína, Martins is also owner of at least two more mines in the region…The action came after numerous complaints filed with government agencies…The illegal exploration of the mine inside the indigenous land...is not new…the miners have caused various problems in the indigenous lands due to uncontrolled exploitation. Pollution of the river, lack of fish, misunderstandings, and threats are the main reasons cited for the indigenous actions. For these reasons, the indigenous were “expelling miners and taking their machines,” explains Paigomuyatpu, chief of the Munduruku warriors. “The miners already made too many damages in our territory...” he added.