RIO DE JANEIRO - The indigenous men’s hunt wasn’t going well, so they pushed deeper into the Amazon forest in northeastern Brazil. Laércio Guajajara said the men — who when not hunting are Forest Guardians protecting the Arariboia indigenous area — heard a noise in the forest coming toward the water. What emerged from the bush, according to Guajajara, wasn’t a group of animals, but rather five men firing their guns in an ambush by illegal loggers that left one guardian dead and another injured. He said the men had heard loggers in the area the prior day, but the men never expected to be ambushed. “If we don’t fight, even losing a lot of warriors, what will be there for our kids in 20 years?

Source: thestar November 05, 2019 01:05 UTC