Brazilian authorities reinforce troops after clashes between Indigenous peoples and landowners

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Ministry of Justice is sending more law enforcement agents to Mato Grosso do Sul state after clashes between Indigenous peoples and farmers over the weekend. The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said Monday that it had received reports of farmers attacking Guarani Kaiowa people in the Douradina municipality Saturday, injuring at least eight. It says a separate attack on the Guarani Kaiowa took place Sunday evening. The Ministry of Justice says Brazil’s National Public Security Force had already stepped up its presence in the region since the beginning of July but is now sending more officers.