Couple arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation in Yanomami lands

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2023-06-07 18:42:38

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Francisco Félix de Lima and Thaliny Nascimento Andrade are accused of sexually exploiting women in illegal mining areas

One couple
who was on the run, was taken
on the afternoon of last Monday (05), in Roraima,
by police agents of the Intelligence and Capture of roraima
. Thaliny Nascimento Andrade
22 years old, and Francisco Felix de Lima
aged 48, were wanted by the Federal police.
They are accused of the crimes of sexual exploitation
of women and minors, in the region of lands
natives
of the people Yanomami
— site taken over by illegal mining.

O couple
he was taken
in a house in the West Zone of Boa Vista, the state capital. The capture was possible after an anonymous tip. They were forwarded to PF
place where the warrant was executed prison.

A PF
has served search and seizure warrants and temporary arrest warrants since March of this year. On a first occasion, two sisters were arrested and the couple
managed to escape.

According to information from the institution, the group operated a scheme in which women and minors were sent to illegal mining sites to be sexually exploited
. For this, they used fake profiles on social networks, and contacted the victims, who would then be taken by drivers to a clandestine runway, and they were taken by plane to the end of the route. At the illegal mining
they lived in precarious situations, and raised a debt of R$ 10,000 for transportation expenses.

In March, a 15-year-old girl was rescued from the gang, along with other women in a boat. She had been missing since February 12th. The teenager said that the group would have contacted her through social networks, with the proposal of being a cook, but that the next day she was taken by plane to the region, where she was prostituted and victim of physical violence.

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