Documents from the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health and Funai (National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples) indicate the death of Canamaris children under one year of age due to acute diarrhea and severe dehydration, as a result of mining dredges in one of the most preserved regions of the Amazon
The letters cite the worsening of health, due to the same cause, of other children under five years of age and the death of adults Katukina, also due to diarrhoea.
The case occurred in the region of the Juruá and Jutaí rivers, in the Amazon. The Kanamaris live in the village of Igarapé Preto, an undemarcated territory. The Katukinas are located on the Rio Biá Indigenous Land, demarcated since
According to the Federal Government, the deaths are associated with the illegal extraction of gold and the dumping of mercury and heavy materials into the river used by the indigenous people.
At least two children died and others fell ill during the government of Jair Bolsonaro in 2019. And the letters that document it in a preserved region of the Amazon show that the reality of the Yanomami under Bolsonaro was not an isolated event.
Translated by AZAHARA MARTIN ORTEGA
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