“Know it or not, Laercio Guajajara is fighting for you.
The 35-year-old indigenous Brazilian is a member of the Amazon’s Guajajara tribe and the leader of what is essentially a paramilitary group who have made it their mission to expel illegal loggers from the rainforest that has supported their people for centuries.
Calling themselves the ‘Guardians of the Forest,’ this small band of no more than 50 tribal fighters patrols roughly 1,600 square miles of federally protected land, disrupting and detaining the so-called ‘invaders’ who cross their path.”
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