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Brazil: Police officer shot dead during operation to combat illegal logging in the Amazon

According to police sources, the death occurred while tampering with a truck carrying illegal timber | Font: AFP / reference

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Brazilian police officer dies threw during an operation to combat illegal logging in the Amazon, official sources said this Saturday.

The agent was identified by the Federal Police as Roberto Moreira da Silva Filho35 years old, head of the police department for combating crimes against the environment and historical heritage in the area of Mato Grosso.

died during surgery

The shooting occurred on Friday as the officers were preparing to board. truck loaded with firewood, at the moment when the vehicle left the territory of the indigenous peoples near the municipality Aripuanin Mato Grosso.

According to Federal Police sources consulted by the state Brazilian agencytruck tried leave when the agents stopped him, the police opened fire in an attempt to prevent the truck from escaping.

Police are investigating the possibility that one of the projectiles rebounded into the back of a truck and hit the commissioner, as a result of which, according to the source, he died.

Deforestation of the Amazon

Illegal logging of hardwoods is one of the main causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, which has increased over the past four years in Brazil.

Environmental groups have linked increased jungle devastation to lack of control and supervision government Jair Bolsonarowhich allowed the expansion of activities such as illegal mining, illegal timber trade or irregular fishing.

In parallel, human rights groups condemned the strong increase about the violence practiced against indigenous peoples and groups protecting forests.

(EFE)


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