Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
- Mongabay
- 09 August 2023
Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company Brasil BioFuels S.A. (BBF) in the Amazonian state of Pará that’s been dubbed the “palm oil war” region allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people. The shootings are the latest outburst in a chain of violence tied to the disputes between Indigenous communities and palm oil companies over land in the region.