The killings of Guajajara tribe members follow that of another last month amid a push by Brazil’s president to develop the Amazon rainforest
SÃO PAULO—The killing of two indigenous leaders on a rural Amazon highway has prompted calls for a swift response from law enforcement authorities amid concerns that a push to develop the rainforest is increasingly spurring violence.
Both men were returning on motorcycles from a meeting Saturday with officials from a unit of power company Eletrobras to discuss economic compensation for its local environmental impact when assailants opened fire from a moving car.
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