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Amigos de la Tierra Internacional condemns the 'Masacre de Guapoy' that occurred on June 24, 2022, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. During an illegal eviction of the tekoha Guapoy Mirin Tujury territory, the Military Police caused one death and at least 10 injuries, including a child shot with a 5.56 rifle. The document links this violence to the expansion of agrobusiness, the failure of the National Indigenous People Foundation (FUNAI) under Jair Bolsonaro's government, and a systemic pattern of state violence against indigenous land reclamation efforts.

The document denounces the "Guapoy Massacre" occurring on 24 June 2022, where Mato Grosso do Sul Military Police conducted an illegal eviction in the Tekoha Guapoy Mirin Tujury indigenous territory, resulting in one death and at least 10 injuries, including a child shot with a 5.56 rifle. It attributes the escalating violence to the struggle for land demarcation against agribusiness and the Jair Bolsonaro government's defunding of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI). The organization calls for international pressure on the Brazilian state to protect Indigenous Peoples and hold illegal actors accountable.

The document denounces the June 2022 assassinations of indigenist activist Bruno Araújo Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips in Brazil's Vale do Javari. It attributes the worsening violence against Indigenous Peoples to the government of Jair Bolsonaro and the management of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI). The organization demands transparent investigations into the murders and the protection of Indigenous territories from illegal loggers, miners, and drug traffickers.

Friends of the Earth International condemns the June 2022 murders of Bruno Araújo Pereira and Dom Phillips in the Vale do Javari indigenous territory. The organization links these killings to a broader pattern of systemic violence against indigenous peoples and land defenders under the government of Jair Bolsonaro, exacerbated by illegal logging, mining, and drug trafficking. It calls for transparent investigations into the perpetrators and the protection of indigenous land rights and self-determination.

Friends of the Earth International provides a template letter for organizations to urge embassies to pressure the Brazilian government to investigate the murders of activist Bruno Araújo Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips in the Vale do Javari indigenous territory. The document highlights the high risk faced by human rights and territorial defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean, specifically citing threats against the Union of Indigenous Organizations of Vale do Javari (UNIVAJA). It calls for the identification of the perpetrators, punishment for those invading indigenous territories, and the guarantee of territorial rights and self-determination for Indigenous peoples in Brazil.

The document is a template letter calling for an urgent, transparent investigation into the June 5 disappearance and murder of indigenist activist Bruno Araújo Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips in the Vale do Javari indigenous territory. It highlights the high risk faced by human rights and environmental defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean, specifically noting the ongoing threats to the Union of Indigenous Organisations of Vale do Javari (UNIVAJA) and the 2019 assassination of Maxciel Pereira dos Santos. The letter requests that embassies push Brazilian authorities to find the perpetrators, punish those trespassing on indigenous lands, and guarantee the rights to territory and self-determination for indigenous peoples in Brazil.