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Brazilian Environmental Police Target Illegal Miners in Yanomami Territory Amid Humanitarian Crisis

HeadlineFeb 10, 2023

Brazil’s Federal Police announced Friday they have launched an operation targeting illegal miners in the Yanomami Indigenous territory, where communities are facing a humanitarian catastrophe, largely due to the disastrous effects of illegal gold mining, which have displaced people, devastated the land and contaminated rivers with mercury.

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