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Brazilian ‘forest guardian’ killed by illegal loggers in ambush
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed by armed loggers in the Araribóia region in Maranhão
A Brazilian indigenous land defender has been killed in an ambush by illegal loggers in an Amazon frontier region.
- Sam Cowie
- The Guardian
According to a statement by the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Association, Paulo Paulino Guajajara was shot and killed inside the Araribóia indigenous territory in Maranhão state.
Another tribesman, Laércio Guajajara, was also shot and hospitalised and a logger has been reported missing.
No body has yet been recovered.
Sérgio Moro, the justice minister of far-right president Jair…