Operation of Brazilian government against drug traffickers attacking indigenous people

The Brazilian government today ordered the dispatch of agents of the National Public Security Force to an indigenous community in the Amazon region, which drug traffickers are harassing.

The Official Gazette of the Union published on Tuesday the decree ordering the transfer of members of the National Force to the Camicuá Indigenous Village, located in the interior of the state of Amazonas, the most important in the Brazilian Amazon.

In this area, groups of drug traffickers have established themselves, threatening the population and the employees of the National Indian Foundation (Funai).

In the state of Amazonas, drug trafficking gangs have been detected, mostly linked to Colombian and Peruvian organizations, which tend to settle in indigenous reserves located in areas of the forest that are difficult to access.

The dispatch of National Force troops to the Camicuá community follows another operation by the Federal Police, which warned of the growing penetration of drug trafficking.

According to these documents, the criminal organizations are based in the villages from where they send cocaine shipments to Europe and the main centers of local consumption, such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Last week The New York Times published an investigation into the existence of more than 1.2 thousand tracks used by drug traffickers and illegal gold miners throughout the Amazon.