Justiça extends until March 30 support of the National Force to Funai in Roraima

The Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, extended on March 30 the performance of the Força Nacional na Terra Indígena Pirititi, in Roraima. The insurance agents will provide support to the organizations of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) in the region.

As it is published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) of this terça-feira (31).

Secondly, in the next 60 days, the police will collaborate in the “activities and essential services for the preservation of public order and the safety of people and heritage”.

Isolated Indians live in the Piriti region. The group was identified for the first time in 2012.

In November of last year, Funai extended for an indefinite period the norm that prohibits the circulation of non-indigenous people in the area. According to the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, at that time, goldsmiths and lumberjacks threatened to invade the territory.

The Indigenous Land is not demarcated, and Funai is studying the delimitation of an area of ​​40 thousand hectares for the reserve. It is anticipated that the process will be completed by February 2025.

The state of Roraima faces a health crisis in relation to the indigenous peoples.

By decree of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from the second fair (30), the National Force is also going to act on the Yanomami Indigenous Land to ensure the escort of the health teams that are treating two indigenous people affected by severe malnutrition, malaria and respiratory infections.