Isolated Amazon tribe seen near logging bridge site, alarming rights group

In an unusual development, members of an Amazon tribe who avoid contact with outsiders have been seen entering a village

Indigenous advocates find that alarming and a sign of stress as a logging company operates near and some say, in, their territory

BOGOTA, Colombia — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign that the group is under stress from development.

The sightings of members of Mashco Piro tribe come as a logging company is building a bridge that could give outsiders easier access to the tribe’s territory, a move that could raise the risk of disease and conflict, according to Survival International, which advocates for In