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Debora Alvares
Brazil, Brazil (AP) — The conflict border between military police and members of the Guarani Kaiowa Group, south of Matogrossodosul, Brazil, near Paraguay At least one indigenous person was killed and seven were injured, state officials said. Three officers were also injured in the collision.
A video posted on social media shows military police helicopters and cars passing by indigenous people living in rural lands adjacent to the Amanbai Reserve from Thursday. There is also an image of the injured.
The main council representing the indigenous people of Mato Grosso do Sul said on Saturday that police had arrived at the shooting and there was a violent foreclosure attempt. Stated. Indigenous people claim that the area where the farm is located adjacent to the village is part of their ancestral territory. They call the area Guapoi's territory.
The council talked about the deaths of two people, but a state government advisory body reported one death and seven indigenous injuries.
State Justice and Public Security Secretary Antonio Carlos Bideira denied the case as an attempt to seize the responsibility of the Brazilian federal police.
He said military police were sent to the farm because they were better equipped, and the agent was "meeted by shooting."
The clash occurs weeks after journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were killed in the heart of the Amazon in Brazil.
About 10,000 indigenous people live in the Amambaia Reserve, the second most populous state in Matgrossodosul.
