The Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, denounced on her Twitter this Monday night (31) that another indigenous person had been murdered in the state of Maranhão. According to the minister, the victim was a resident of the Araribóia Indigenous Land and was an employee of the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (Sesai).
Sonia Guajajara said that she met this afternoon with the governor of Maranhão, Carlos Brandão, “to urgently define actions to investigate the case.”
Today there was another brutal murder in the TI Araribóia, in the state of Maranhão. The resident of the indigenous land was a Sesai employee and was found dead. I met with the governor of MA, Carlos Brandão, later this afternoon, to urgently define actions to investigate the case.
— Sonia Guajajara (@GuajajaraSonia) January 31, 2023
On the 28th, an indigenous man identified as Valdemar Marciano Guajajara was found dead in the city of Amarante do Maranhão (MA). According to the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), the body of Valdemar, who lived in the Nova Viana village, in the Arariboia Indigenous Land, was found with marks of beatings on his head.
The body was found in a neighborhood in the urban area of the city of Amarante do Maranhão, which borders the indigenous land. A team from the Legal Medical Institute (IML) went to the location and removed the indigenous man’s body. There is still no report to inform the cause of death.
On Wednesday (25), another indigenous person was found dead near the Cana Brava Indigenous Land, on the banks of BR-226, in Aldeia Jurema, located close to the municipality of Grajaú (MA). According to Cimi, the body of José Inácio Guajajara was found with marks of violence, but according to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Imperatriz (MA), the death resulted from natural causes.
Translated to english by RJ983
From Brazil, by EBC News
