Reported Murder of Uncontacted Tribe Exposes Mining Threat

In this file photo, a Yanomami Indian (R) stands near an illegal gold mine during Brazil’s environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, in Roraima State, Brazil April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File photo
“These tribes are completely vulnerable. If miners and loggers get into their land, they are very vulnerable to violence and diseases”
By Karla Mendes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) &ndash