Indigenous man shot dead as land dispute in Brazil farm state escalates

FILE PHOTO: Guarani-Kaiowa Indigenous people, who are reclaiming land, stand guard during a conflict with men backed by farmers in trucks and tractors in Douradina district, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil August 3, 2024. REUTERS/Gabriel Schlickmann/File Photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In Brazil, a man from the Guarani community was shot dead on Wednesday morning, a governmental protection agency for Indigenous communities said, as a land dispute in the farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul escalated.

It comes after a violent confrontation in early August during which armed men, backed by farmers in trucks and tractors, attacked Indigenous people reclaiming land in the vast farming state, injuring 11 of them.