“The roles that each force will play to demobilize mining have already been defined. The Army will carry out field work to identify criminals, the Navy will provide support with boats and river surveillance, and the Air Force will monitor the airspace,” said Defense Minister José Múcio Monteiro.
The Brazilian Defense Minister, José Múcio Monteiro, announced that next week he will travel to the Roraima region and visit the Yanomami reserve region in Surucucunear the border with Venezuela, to “suffocate” illegal mining and “fight the root of evil,” he said in an interview with Bandnews TV, a statement echoed by the main Brazilian press.
The official said, this Tuesday, January 31, that he will mobilize the Air Force, the Army and the Navy.
“The roles that each force will play to demobilize mining have already been defined. The Army will carry out field work to identify criminals, the Navy will provide support with boats and river surveillance, and the Air Force will monitor airspace and facilitate access to distant communities,” he cited the version of or globe.
“We are ready to face them. We have to nip the evil at the root,” said the Defense Minister, a day after the commanders of the military forces met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“Any suspicious flight will be forced to divert the route,” added Múcio Monteiro, who admitted that the presence of illegal miners, known as garimpeiros“is very strong and will be suffocated.”
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He admitted that the garimpeiros “They have helicopters, planes, heavy weaponry, and we’re going to have to deal with it.”
«Next week, on Wednesday, I am going to Roraima, to Surucucu (one of the areas most affected by mining), with all the commanders of the forces, Navy, Army and Air Force. We also invited the superintendent of the Federal Police. There must be a concerted effort from all the institutions, organisms, so that we can solve this problem. That is a shame, a sadness,” said Múcio, according to the version of see.
Múcio described as “sad” and “shameful” the situation experienced by the Yanomami indigenous people in the region, which forced the Lula government to declare a health emergency in the largest reserve in that country, ravaged by malnutrition and malaria.
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