Action was the result of the integration of the Armed Forces with government agencies
By Agência Marinha de Notícias – Boa Vista, RR
Last Friday (16), military personnel from the Armed Forces and agents from IBAMA, who are participating in Operation Agata Northern Border, conducted an incursion in the region of upper Catrimani. The action included a Brazilian Air Force aircraft and military personnel from the Brazilian Navy, who gathered information about a clandestine airstrip in an indigenous area, contributing to the fight against illegal mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land.
As a result of constant monitoring of the border strip, the clandestine airstrip was located 250 km from Boa Vista (RR) and 242 km from the mouth of the Catrimani river. The runway is approximately five soccer fields long and shows signs of being used by aircraft supporting mining activities. At the site, weapons were seized and fuel storage materials were incinerated to supply the miners’ aircraft.
Operation “Ágata Fronteira Norte
The current operation aims mainly at carrying out preventive and repressive actions on the border strip, providing logistical support to mitigate the emergency actions in public health in the Yanomami Indigenous Land, in coordination and cooperation with government agencies, and fighting cross-border and environmental crimes, with priority to illegal mining. To this end, a Joint Command was created, composed of the Navy, Army and Air Force. In addition, it counts on the support of Public Security Organs and governmental agencies.
Source: Agência Marinha de Notícias