Mashco Piro: Uncontacted Amazonian Tribe Kills Two Loggers With Arrows In Peru, Two Missing
News 18Two loggers in Peru’s Amazon have been killed and two others are missing after a clash with the Mashco Piro, an indigenous community that has long isolated itself, a local advocacy organization said Tuesday. The clash occurred on Thursday in an area of the Madre de Dios region when workers who were opening a trail in the forest, were attacked with arrows by members of the tribe, according to Daniel Pena, a spokesperson of FENAMAD, an organization that represents more than 30 communities in the region and has previously lobbied the government to protect the Maschco Piro’s forest. FENAMAD said in a statement on Monday that the confrontation occurred in an area near the Pariamanu River, that is part of the Mashco Piro territory, where at least two workers were killed by arrows, another was injured and two are missing. Members of the Mashco Piro have been seen outside their territory in recent months, according to images released by the NGO Survival International, which said the community is under massive pressure from the logging industry.
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