Court orders the removal of illegal gold diggers in Yanomami Indigenous Land under R$ 1 million per day fine

The 2nd Federal Court of Roraima, at the request of the Federal Public Prosecution Office, ordered the federal government to present a plan for the removal of illegal gold diggers from the Yanomami Indigenous Land within 10 days under penalty of a daily fine of R$ 1 million reais. The judge reinforced the omission of the government.

In addition to the trail of rights violations left by illegal mining, in the context of the pandemic, the Yanomamis have been denouncing the invasion of miners since last year as a serious vector of Covid-19 transmission. The arrival of these criminals has led to an explosion in the number of cases of the disease among the population, including the deaths of babies.