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Two public servants in Brazil removed after threatening to poison Indigenous people

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Two public servants in Brazil removed after threatening to poison Indigenous people

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Mongabay reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with Mongabay, which released it. Brazil’s Indigenous voters helped reelect incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 25. Following his win, two officials in the municipality of Tacuru, Mato Grosso do Sul, allegedly sent WhatsApp messages threatening to poison the water supply used by the Guarani-Kaiowá Indigenous people. The officials have been suspended; however, activists argue that’s insufficient […] Original link: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/two-public-servants-in-brazil-removed-after-threatening-to-poison-indigenous-people/

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