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The coordinator of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Ethno-environmental Protection Front (FPEUEWW) of the National Indigenous Foundation (Funai), Rieli Franciscato, 56, died on Wednesday (9) after being hit in the chest by an arrow. by uncontacted Indians in Rondônia.
The information is from the Civil Police and the Ethno-environmental Association of Kanindé. The case occurred near Line 6 in Seringueiras (RO).
Kanindé added that the uncontacted Indians ignore the distinction between defender and enemy, reinforcing that the territory “is being invaded and the indigenous are trying to survive.”
According to Kanindé, Rieli was one of the great references in the work to protect the uncontacted Indians in the Amazon. The coordinator defended the non-contact with the group and acted to avoid a conflict with the local population. He was also part of the team that demarcated the first exclusive land for uncontacted Indians.
“He founded Kanindé together with me. It is a great loss for the indigenous people and for Brazil. All his life he worked with uncontacted indigenous people,” declared the environmentalist and coordinator of the association, Ivaneide Bandeira.
Franciscato, who was from Alta Floresta (RO), has been with Funai since 2007, but has served as FPEUEWW coordinator since 2013.
The city’s Civil Police reported that Franciscato was on a mission in the region with the support of the Military Police (PM) when he was hit by the arrow.
“According to the police, when they realized that they were being attacked with arrows, they took refuge behind the vehicle, but the victim (Rieli) could not take refuge in time. When the attacks stopped, they saw the victim lying down and there were no more indigenous people “he explained. the rubber tapper Jeremias Mendes.
According to the police report, the coordinator was rescued and transferred by two military police to the Municipal Hospital of Seringueiras, but he ended up without resisting and died.
“The efforts were to confirm the existence of isolated indigenous people. It was a professional from the area who went to carry out an investigation service to record the situation, ”explained Jeremías Mendes.
The Civil Police will investigate the case. HE G1 contacted Funai in Brasilia and is waiting for a return.
In June of this year, a housewife saw a group of isolated indigenous people in the backyard of a farm in Seringueiras. They traded game meat for a chicken and carried an ax. According to Kanindé, this is the same group that Rieli crossed before being hit.
