"We are facing the expansion of transnational criminal networks into Indigenous territories that currently represent one of the last barriers against the illegal occupation of this region of the Amazon.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Masked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leadersDelegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazonwww.theguardian.com