A report published in May by the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI) points out that last year 42 Kaoiwa Guarani indigenous were murdered and other 34 committed suicide. The background problem is land property, the impacts of the use of agrotoxics and the public policies that lead to the isolation of the populations.

The Council understands that this is the indigenous group going through the worst situation in Brazil. They have published some striking data: a Kaoiwa Guarani from Matto Grosso do Sul has an hectare of land, on average in the same area where livestock occupies 2 to 3 hectares of land, Pulsar agency reported.

Besides these inequality levels, the violence of large land owners and their gunmen against these communities is very frequent.

A 24 year-old indigenous was found dead, a few weeks after he had been elected secretary to the organization of his community. His mother later said that a few hours before the murder, two men had taken the victim from his house.

At first, the police said that it was a traffic accident, but the people close to the victim are cretain that this is a case of murder. This Guarani Kaoiwa community is made up by a hundred people who live in a camp called Kurusu Ambá.

According to CIMI, this group suffers continuous threats by large estate owners and three of their main leaders were murdered. Members of the organization talk about “an extermination plan” against the Guarani Kaiowa communities. The information provided by the National Health Fund (Funasa) says the Guarani Kaoiwa population totals nearly 45,000 indigenous.