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Forest Guardian Murdered in Brazil

HeadlineSep 07, 2022

In news from Brazil, an Indigenous activist with the group Forest Guardians was shot dead Saturday in the northeast of Brazil. The Guardian reports Janildo Oliveira Guajajara is the sixth member of the group to be murdered since 2016. The group was formed to help protect the Brazilian rainforest.

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