• drunkenninja (edited 6 years ago)
    +4

    Exactly my thoughts...

    • leweb
      +8

      Most of the illegal gold miners (garimpeiros) in northern Brazil have absolutely no respect for human life, and will kill anything they run into. This is not really surprising.

      • paddystacks
        +2

        This is really sad and infuriating. Why doesn't the Brazil govt do something about it?

        • leweb
          +5

          Because they are deep in the jungle and know it really well. They can fight guerrilla style and make any soldiers going after them have a very bad day. I guess getting rid of them is not worth the cost of sending a force large enough to do it.