Ashaninkas denounce invasion of territory by criminal organizations Indigenous people of the Ashaninka people denounce the invasion of the Kampa Indigenous Land (TI) on the Amônia River, in Marechal Thaumaturgo, in the interior of Acre, by alleged criminal organizations linked to drug trafficking, mining and illegal logging in the border region between Brazil and Peru. According to the complaint, a group of approximately four armed and hooded men, who spoke Spanish, entered the village in early July. They claim that the movement of suspects comes from the Peruvian side of the border. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp Rede Amazônica Acre had exclusive access to the audio of a resident who reported the fear of those who live in the territory. According to the Indigenous Lands platform in Brazil, the Kampa do Rio Amônia TI has 940 residents. "For two weeks we have been seeing people wearing hoods, armed, appearing, whistling, blowing, hanging around the villages. Between the village of São Jorge, Cruzeirinho, Japiim 1 and Japiim 2. And these people are looking for four relatives", states the recording. READ MORE Report of invasion and threat leads to operation in indigenous land in the interior of Acre: 'A lot of tension' The mystery of the Aquiry civilization: scientists say that an ancient society in Acre brought together millions of people Threats, theft of boats and drug trafficking are investigated in an isolated village in the interior of Acre In a statement, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples stated that it was aware of the reports of armed incursion and threats. The agency reported that it adopted emergency security measures by sending the army and the special border operations group, the Special Border Operations Group (Gefron), to the region, in addition to requesting the opening of an investigation by the Federal Police. TI Kampa do Rio Amônia has around 900 residents Archive/Funbio Reports are that the suspects were looking for a community representative and threatened the residents. For an indigenous leader, who asked not to be identified, the invaders' intention was to scare. This is because representatives of the people who inhabit the place have participated in efforts to seek security in the border region between Brazil and Peru, which is nearby, on the border between Acre and the neighboring country. "It is in a context that we created a work we call the Cross-Border Commission, which involves a cross-border debate, on the Peru side, on the Brazilian side, and the leaders meet to discuss protection, violation of rights, the pressure that there is in this territory", he explains. Reports from indigenous people and police investigations indicate that criminal organizations linked to drug trafficking, mining and illegal logging have spread throughout the Amazon rainforest. These groups use the region's rivers as routes for crimes. "It's not us who are creating, the police's own data, who investigate, who learn people, who have many drug seizures using all these rivers, this entire region as a route. So, this is data that is there, the police forces, the entire Federal Police know this, it's nothing new", highlights the leader. Operation combats the presence of criminals The Federal Police expanded its operations in the area through Operation Atalaia do Juruá, which ended on the 25th. In addition to supporting the operation, the State Secretariat of Justice and Public Security (Sejusp) says that it received the complaint from indigenous leaders, who have already identified the suspects of the invasion in the Kampa territory of the Amônia River and that they maintain patrols in the region's rivers. "We are in contact with the Peruvian authorities so that they can designate someone from there to here who can investigate, to find out where they live, what they do, so that we can take them to justice, or on the Peruvian side, because on the Peruvian side the biome is being explored, the ore part, the wood part and the Brazilian part. Normally the rivers are used for movement and logistical support in this region", says Atahualpa Batista Ribeira, operational director of the department. According to the manager, support for this investigation also includes the designation of an aircraft from the Center or Integrated Coordination of Air Operations (Ciopaer) to take teams to the indigenous land, where there were meetings with the residents. “We carried out an investigation together with the civil police, the people have been identified, we know who these people are and they fled to the Peruvian side, so our role is being done”, he adds. Alert in Brasília with dossier Amid concern and the search for security, a group of indigenous leaders went to Brasília to deliver a dossier with information about invasions, threats and the activities of criminal groups in the region. According to a joint response prepared by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, the secretary general of the presidency of the republic, the ministry of justice and public security and the federal police, bodies that concentrate the federal government's actions aimed at the Ashaninka people, the following were defined: installation, by the ministry of indigenous peoples, of a permanent dialogue table to monitor complaints and coordinate the measures taken by federal bodies; sending the dossier to the civil house and the ministry of environment and climate change; articulation, within the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, of measures to expand the protection program for human rights defenders, communicators and environmentalists and reinforce the protection of threatened leaders; consolidation, in the coming weeks, of the responses of federal agencies to the demands presented, without prejudice to the emergency and operational actions already underway. "The territory will live its life, and we need to act, always be together with the state forces, see, monitor, accompany, so that our lives are not taken away from this right to freedom that we have built over time", reinforces the leader.