According to Funai - Brazil's indigenous affairs agency, the two gold miners were arrested after drinking in a bar and reporting on this massacre. "They even hinted at chopping the victims' bodies and throwing them into the river," said Leila Silvia Burger Sotto-Maior, a member of the Funai organization. These illegal gold miners claim their actions were for self-defense.
The shocking Brazil massacre occurred in the residential area of the departed Vale, Javari, 1,198km from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. According to Funai, there are at least 14 ethnic groups living isolated in the forests in this area.
Adelson Kora Kanamari, a local leader, told Amazon Real in an interview that between 18 and 21 Aborinians were attacked and killed. "If these stories are confirmed, President Michel Temer and the government will be held largely responsible for the massacre," he said.
"The encroachers are the owners of the land, the hunters, and the miners. Many indigenous people are being killed in isolated areas, we do not know the exact time or number of deaths," said Adelson Kora Kanamari.
The organization that protects the Survival International clans said that the register of registeratives occurred last month but was only brought to light after the gold miners told themselves about themselves while drunk in the bar.
Brazilian prosecutors told Amazon Real that the federal police and the prosecutor's office are investigating the murder of up to 20 people in the Sao Paulo area of Olivenca, bordering Peru and Colombia.
