Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon. The loggers encroached on their land, according to local rights groups, in the latest event of rising tensions between the two sides and mounting pressure for government intervention.

Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon, according to a rights group.

The group, known as FENAMAD, defends the rights of Peru’s Indigenous peoples. It says tensions between loggers and Indigenous tribes are on the rise and more government protective action is needed.

Two other loggers in the attack were missing and another was injured, FENAMAD said, and rescue efforts were underway.

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    4 months ago

    If there’s profits to be made, they are fucked now. Lumber tycoon pays for mercs to go in and introduce them to the AK47 unless the government protects them. Typically South American governments are not bribed or corrupt though, so they should be alright.

    …heh…right?

  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    642·
    4 months ago

    I’m not gonna say they deserved it. But they fucked up bad. (I’m inclined to think the people who really deserve it is the lobbyists and logging company owners and not the contracted workers).

    • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
      2621·
      4 months ago

      Anyone “logging” the rainforest deserves to immediately contribute to the nitrogen cycle. No questions asked.

      • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        614·
        4 months ago

        You see, I get this is the internet and easy emotional answers like “kill them” are the ones most posted.

        But firstly, I think we should have a decently high bar for “deserve to die”. Secondly, it’s not like rich well educated people are loggers.

        Oftentimes these people have few or no other choices to support their families. Are unaware or not told of native tribes by their bosses. And mostly, haven’t had the privilege to be educated about the importance of the rainforest, ecological damage etc.

        It’s easy to sit in our middle class first world bubble and imagine they had the same opportunities and cultural capital as us, but they likely didn’t.

        (not saying you are middle class or in a first world country, but given you are on lemmy and know what the nitrogen cycle is, it’s statistically likely).

        • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          It’s like that gif of an orangutan fighting the bulldozer. I’m not sure why you think it’s an “emotional” response to defend yourself from the people literally trying to end all sentient life on this planet. It’s folks like you who’re pusillanimously marching our collective species into the afterlife.

          Also, btw, all normative decisions, “logical” and otherwise, are fundamentally “emotional.” You’ve no other mechanism for evaluative judgement, you dumb moralizing motherfucker.

          • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            11·
            3 months ago

            By saying we shouldn’t murder loggers I’m killing the planet? I’m all for blocking them, I even have participated in treehouse protests myself. Find someone else to project onto.

            • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              Yes, your bizarre and irrational distaste for self defense is killing the planet. Thanks for understanding.

                • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  3 months ago

                  You want me to have empathy for the people killing me? Your world is already replete with violence. I guess it just doesn’t count until it’s directed towards you.

        • OutForARip@lemmy.caEnglish
          7·
          4 months ago

          A lot of these loggers are people who’s tribes were destroyed not too long ago.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          202·
          4 months ago

          Well said

          (not saying you are middle class or in a first world country, but given you are on lemmy and know what the nitrogen cycle is, it’s statistically likely).

          And even cracking smiles with that :)

  • BrightCandle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    49·
    4 months ago

    People have been repeatedly told not to go near this group. Its the age old story where “modern man” meets indigenous tribe and kills a bunch of them with disease and they now consider us at war. We need to leave these people alone.

    • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      4 months ago

      I don’t think it’s about disease. The loggers are killing the forest where they live in.

        • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          4 months ago

          I know, but I doubt that’s the reason they killed the loggers.

          Disease won’t be an issue if there’s no forest left for them to live in.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    4 months ago

    Border guards successfully repel incursion with minimal casualties.

    FTFY

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    4 months ago

    They company should be fucked up the ass for getting that close to their land. Fuck rescue efforts, that will only endanger the tribe

  • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    4 months ago

    These guys should have been arrested before they were killed for tribal incursions. Were the authorities jacking off? Whoever is in charge of keeping loggers in check fucked up and should be sacked. The logging company executive should resign in disgrace as well. Likely its his bribes that got these guys killed.