In Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory, the Guajajara people and uncontacted Awá have been subjected to violence and land grabbing. This Mongabay series reveals a pattern of targeted killings amid a surge of illegal cattle ranching and logging in and around Arariboia, fueling conflict and exposing failures in enforcement and land protection policy. Symbolizing these issues is the years-long wait for justice in the 2019 killing of forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a case seen as pivotal to ending impunity for violence against Indigenous environmental defenders. Through field reporting, analysis of satellite data and hundreds of documents, the series profiles an Indigenous community committed to protecting its territory from environmental crime.This article was originally publishe

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