Gean del Aguila’s body was recovered after he disappeared last Sunday when he encountered the Mashco-Piro tribe while fishing
The body of Gean del Aguila, 21, was recovered on Thursday after a four-day hunt by a search party of police, Indigenous guides and company workers.He disappeared last Sunday after an encounter with members of the Mashco-Piro tribe while fishing with Genis Huayaban, 54, who was injured by an arrow in the attack.
The killing comes amid rising tensions between the logging company and the local Indigenous federationwhich accuses the firm of putting the Mashco-Piro at risk by illegally entering the native reserve to log tropical hardwoods, a claim the company denies. “There cannot be economic activities in isolated Indigenous territory, because of the high risks for both [sides] and because it goes against the principle of no contact … they are highly vulnerable humans.”
The logging firm disputes a 2016 extension of the isolated Indigenous people’s reserve as it has overlapping forestry concessions.
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