YANOMAMI INDIGENOUS LAND, Brazil
The Wider Image: Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil's Yanomami
An illegal miner is detained by a member of the Special Inspection Group from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, December 5, 2023. A year after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami and vowed zero tolerance for illegal mining, environmental enforcers warn that Brazil is jeopardizing last year's hard-won progress, when about 80 percent of roughly 20,000 wildcatters were ousted from the Portugal-sized reservation. As the Brazilian military has rolled back its support for the government crackdown, the gold-seeking miners have come back, they say, making fresh incursions into Yanomami land. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "MARCELINO BRAZIL YANOMAMI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.