AFP Photo 📷 Alan Chaves - Brazil moves on illegal mines in Indigenous Yanomami territory -  Brazilian authorities intensified their fight against illegal mining on the land of the Indigenous Yanomami people, sending helicopters over the Amazon jungle in search of clandestine dig sites. Yanomami leaders say some 20,000 clandestine miners have invaded their territory, killing Indigenous people, sexually abusing women and adolescents and contaminating rivers with the mercury they use to separate gold from sediment. #illegalmining #yanomami #Brazil #amazonjungle