The MPF’s lawsuit highlights that Indigenous people are the main victims of illegal mining in the southwest of ParĂ¡. Mercury, used by garimpeiros to extract the gold from the ore, contaminates the water sources that Indigenous people depend on. This has resulted in communities being tested with mercury concentrations “at alarming levels, well above the safety values set by the World Health Organization, and compromising their food and nutritional security,” prosecutors wrote. They cite sexual assault of women and children by garimpeiros, as well as drug and gun trafficking as among the other crimes associated with illegal miners.
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