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Public security forces patrol a suspected illegal mining site in the Munduruku Indigenous Reserve, Brazil, Jan 9, 2025. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Dan Collyns
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Brazil ramps up its war against illegal gold mining in the Amazon

A motorboat carves through the Upper Tapajós River in Brazil's Amazon, carrying gun-toting public security forces and an inspector from the Indigenous affairs agency FUNAI. Two more boats follow with federal special forces.

They patrol a corner of the vast Munduruku Indigenous Reserve for over two hours as part of an enforcement operation to ensure illegal miners have not returned to sites deep in the jungle.

Dan Collyns


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