Police investigate shootings against indigenous community in Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul

According to the tale of Chief Timothy Karai Mirim, the episode would have occurred around 3 am Friday. While the Indians were sleeping, two armed men approached and fired shots, which did not hit the villagers, but pbaded over the barracks.

"Everyone, women and children, is awake.Nobody was injured.One of the hooded men said that he was not leaving until Sunday, there will be no one left, it will kill everyone, "Timothy said of the threat.

The head of the community, where six families live, recorded the incident at the 7th Civil Police Station in Belém Novo. However, the case was referred to the 13th DP.

According to delegate Luciano Coelho, who accompanies the case, capsules of 22 pistols were discovered instead. The material will be sent to the expert to enable him to identify the origin of the ammunition.

Police announced that apparent law enforcement operations would take place in the area over the weekend.

The area where the community is located is on the banks of the Guaíba, in the perimeter of an old farmhouse which, according to Roberto Liebgott – coordinator of the South American Regional Council of Missionaries – has created friction between property managers and Aboriginal peoples. .

Liebgott reports that a fence has recently been installed dividing the area where Indians are and lands that would be privately owned.

"The fence should measure about ten meters long, from the river at the edge of the farm, and be about 40 meters wide.In addition to having a sensor that detects movement and a guard post at The guarani live under duress and this enclosure limits their freedom to search for water and supplies, which is embarrbading for the community, "says Liebgott.

The situation was referred to the Attorney General's office in Rio Grande do Sul. On Saturday (12), the State Council on Human Rights (ECHR-RS) issued a note regarding threats and the situation of indigenous populations in the region. "The situation is subject to prosecution and a court order authorizing the Guarani community to remain in the occupied area." Given the gravity of the situation, while expressing his concern and warning for the impending risks, he suggested to the authorities (19459015), read the full note below ) and take the necessary and immediate necessary measures .

Note of the State Council on Human Rights

Public Note on Indigenous Issues in Arado Velho

The State Council on Human Rights of Rio Grande do Sul (CEDH-RS) takes seriously into account the serious events in the Ponta do Arado Velho, Belém Novo, Porto Alegre, RS, already reported by the indigenous community attacked and widely disclosed by the press and who report that at dawn on 11/01/2019, people are hooded and armed with firearms fired on the indigenous Guarani community consisting of men, women, of old people and children, then death threats to all members of this community if they do not withdraw before Sunday 13/01/2019, in the region they occupy [19659014] The ECHR-RS recalls that the reported facts are contained in the police event n ° 105/2019 presented to the 7th police station of poli this of Porto Alegre and already communicated to the Federal Ministry of the held on January 11, 2019 with the seat of this organ, in the presence, besides the representation of this council, of members of the Guarani community, of the Council of State of the autochthonous peoples (CEPI), of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI)

The ECHR-RS warns that the situation is currently the subject of judicial proceedings and that a judicial decision authorizes the Guarani community to remain in the area that it is. She occupies. In view of the gravity of the situation, while expressing his concern and warning about the imminent risks, he suggested to the competent authorities, in particular Public Security, that, in addition to the measures to be taken by the Federal Public Prosecutor, the urgent measures necessary to preserve the life and safety of all members of this indigenous community, as well as, as urgently as necessary, measures to investigate those directly or indirectly responsible in the civil and criminal punish.

The ECHR-RS reaffirms the need to respect constitutional, individual and collective rights, social rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, as well as the provisions of international acts concerning the peoples of indigenous peoples and the duty to protect them. State and society to respect these rights and principles. The protection of all human rights for all is an irreplaceable responsibility in the democratic rule of law.