Brazil: They accuse a minister of Jair Bolsonaro of kidnapping an indigenous girl who cares about her daughter

Damares Alves, the Minister of the Government of Jair Bolsonaro, who has under his command the issues related to The woman, the family and human rights in Brazil, denied Thursday the kidnapping of an indigenous girl 15 years ago Today she is 20 years old and since then she has taken care of her daughter.

Aboriginal peoples of the ethnic group Kamayurá, in Xingú National Park, north of Mato Grosso, where Kajutiti Lulu Kamayurá was born 20 years ago, claims that the minister illegally abducted the girl from the village., according to an article published Thursday by the magazine Epoca de la cadena World

According to the statements of the aboriginal peoples of this tribe mentioned in the article, The minor of the time left the village because she was going to have her teeth treated in the city.

Indigenous peoples said that Alves and Márcia Suzuki, "friends and right hand of the minister", introduced themselves as missionaries in the village and according to the article, the two women were "worried" for the oral health of the girl.

"I cried, and Lulu was also crying to have left Grandma. Márcia took her by force. She said that she was going to send her back, that when she was on vacation, she was going to send her here", says a testimony published in the magazine.

A statement issued by his office's press office states that the minister was not present at the time of the departure of the minor, she and the girl met in Brasilia and Lulu left with the consent of their relatives.

"Lulu was not ripped off parents' arms. She left with the agreement of all and accompanied by uncles, cousins ​​and brothers for orthodontic treatment", notes the note.

The minor, who was taken care of by the minister during those years, it is not legally adopted, but according to Damares, she has fulfilled all the rights of the minor.

"No law has been violated. His biological family visits him regularly. The uncles, cousins ​​and brothers who left the village live with her in Brasilia. All have an excellent emotional relationship"said the minister, quoted in the magazine.

Thursday's statement adds that Minister considers Lulu "a girl", states that it is not a process of adoption but a socio-emotional link and stresses that the minor "was not far from her culture".

"Lulu is not a public person. He is major. She was not kidnapped. He left the village with members of his family and was taken care of by Damares with their consent. No case of public interest in this case should constitute grounds for violation of the right to privacy, without so much exposure, "concludes the note.

Alves, an education lawyer and evangelical pastor, heads the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights. and although he promotes civil rights, he opposes abortion and gender identity.

With a supposed mood conservative, in several interviews, he expressed doubts about the current role of women in society, which he considers that they "were born to be mothers".