BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian authorities are preparing to remove illegal gold miners from an Indigenous reservation in the Amazon rainforest that has been criss-crossed with informal airstrips and contaminated with mercury, an official said.
The Munduruku territory covers nearly 24,000 square km (9,000 square miles), about the size of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, and is home to 61 villages of Munduruku, Apiacas and other Indigenous groups in an area known for violent land disputes.
