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Brazil: Loggers Threaten Government Officials in the Amazon

Written byJoão Miguel Lima
Translated bySara Moreira
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Translation posted 17 August 2011 23:20 GMT

Police officers and officials from the Brazilian government's agencies dedicated to the environment (Ibama) and indigenous rights (Funai) were surrounded and threatened by a group of about 60 loggers in the Amazon forest on August 12. Journalist Leonardo Sakamoto reports [pt] that the loggers wanted to prevent the seizure of their machinery and equipment for illegal logging.

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Written byJoão Miguel Lima
Translated bySara Moreira

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