08-28-2019, 10:47 AM
Quote:An officer traveling with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the Group of 20 summit in Japan was arrested after he was caught with more than 80 pounds of cocaine. NPR reports police arrested Sgt. Manoel Silva Rodrigues in Seville, Spain, Tuesday after the Brazilian Air Force plane made a stop on its way to the summit. Bolsonaro was on a separate plane following behind but changed its route following the arrest.Officer on trip with Brazil President Bolsonaro to G-20 summit caught with 86 pounds of cocaine | TheHill
Quote:Dozens of gold miners have invaded a remote indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon where a local leader was stabbed to death and have taken over a village after the community fled in fear, local politicians and indigenous leaders said. The authorities said police were on their way to investigate. Illegal gold mining is at epidemic proportions in the Amazon and the heavily polluting activities of garimpeiros – as miners are called – devastate forests and poison rivers with mercury. About 50 garimpeiros were reported to have invaded the 600,000-hectare Waiãpi indigenous reserve in the state of Amapá on Saturday. The men were spotted days after the murder of Emyra Waiãpi, a community leader, whose body was found near the village of Mariry early on Wednesday.Amazon gold miners invade indigenous village in Brazil after its leader is killed | World news | The Guardian