‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

Per The Guardian, illegal gold mining has ravaged the Sararé Indigenous territory in Brazil, leaving protected lands in what's described as total devastation. Journalist Tom Phillips embedded with Brazilian forces at Vila Cururu, an illegal mining settlement in the heart of Brazil's most desecrated Indigenous area. Recently, authorities shut down operations at the settlement—part of a broader Brazilian crackdown on the mining activities that have destroyed these protected lands.

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