The Federal Police of Brazil reported that they will investigate a complaint filed by the Ministry of Justice, after a very serious health situation was detected in the Yanomami villages located in the states of Amazonas and Roraima, on the border with Venezuela. The Minister of Justice of that country, Flávio Dino, said that if it is verified that the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro ignored the requests for help from the Yanomami community, it could be facing “strong indications of a crime of genocide”.
Brazil announced that it will initiate an investigation to determine if the health emergency experienced by the Yanomami indigenous community is due to an “omission” that could constitute the crime of “genocide.” This was announced by the Federal Police of that country, four days after the president, Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva, declared the indigenous reservation of the population in a state of emergency due to the lack of medical attention.
The president created a coordination committee to combat the lack of assistance to that indigenous community, this same day he would visit the region with a view to knowing the status of the children, according to a publication in the Official Gazette on the night of Friday, January 20.
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The investigation will respond to a complaint filed by the Ministry of Justice, after a very serious health situation was detected in the Yanomami villages located in the states of Amazonas and Roraima, on the border with Venezuela. The complaint asks to clarify the alleged responsibility of government officials of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The complaint cites “repeated requests for help” submitted to the Government by the indigenous people since 2019, who would have been “ignored” by the previous authorities. According to information provided by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, created by Lula, some 570 Yanomami children died “due to mercury contamination, malnutrition and hunger” during the last four years.
After the visit on January 21, the government reported on Tuesday, January 24, that more than a thousand indigenous people, many with severe malnutrition, have already received “emergency care.”
The Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, if the alleged “omission” of the previous government is verified, one could be facing “strong indications of a crime of genocide”, which would be given by a “deliberate” attitude that would have caused this situation .
The Yanomami territory, the largest reserve in Brazil, with nearly 10 million hectares, is inhabited by some 27,000 indigenous people who, according to the new government, have suffered in recent years a “lack of assistance” and “abandonment” in matters of health, and they have also been harassed by illegal miners operating in the Amazon, reported EFE.
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