In under a month, two Tembé indigenous are murdered in the state of Pará

After the murder of Isak Tembé during a military police action on February 13, another indigenous of the Tembé ethnic group was killed in Capitão Poço, in the northwest of Pará. Didi Tembé, as Benedito de Carvalho was known, was executed on his motorcycle with a shot to the head while trying to flee from a shootout.

According to a report by Brasil de Fato, out of fear, the indigenous people of the region preferred not to comment on the death. Listened to by the newspaper, Puyr Tembé, vice president of the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Pará, points to the increase in crimes against indigenous and traditional peoples. “Some strange things are happening in Capitão Poço. It’s not only in Capitão Poço, but the whole of Brazil is going through a very difficult process of criminalization of leaders, of social segments, not only the indigenous. This has been very much in evidence inside the territories”, he said.