Indigenous people from Amazonas who are fighting against mining and the exploitation of fossil fuels in their territories, located in the cities of Autazes and Silves, in the state of Amazonas, said at an event held in Manaus that they feel threatened and watched as they pass through their communities on their routine activities, whether fishing or working in the fields. They claim that, in recent months, drones have been seen flying over their communities.

The indigenous people can't say who owns the equipment, but they suspect that the monitoring has something to do with their public opposition to mining projects. Apoliana Cardoso, a member of the Mura people from the village of São Francisco, in the municipality of Silves (181 kilometres from Manaus), where the company Eneva explores for natural gas and has plans to expand the project, reports seeing the equipment