An expert who worked to protect uncontacted Amazonian tribes has been shot and killed with an arrow in Brazil, according to the government's Indigenous affairs agency
Rieli Franciscato was killed on Wednesday while responding to a report of a sighting of an isolated group in Seringueiras, in the northern Brazilian state of Rondônia.The 56-year-old, coordinator of a team helping to protect uncontacted tribes' territories in Rondônia, was struck in the chest by the arrow at the border of the Uru Eu Wau Wau tribe's territory.
Marcelo Xavier, president of Funai, said in a video:"It's with heavy sadness that Funai and its servants bid farewell to Rieli Franciscato, with a lot respect and admiration. Rieli was an exemplary servant, with over 30 years of protecting the isolated indigenous. "Funai stands in solidarity with Franciscato's colleagues and family members.
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