Brazilian Army: Indigenous soldiers part of brigade that patrols, defends Amazon jungle

Located on the border of Brazil and Colombia, the Special Border Platoon San Joaquin is the most remote military base in the Brazilian Amazon. A fence and a runway of 1,200 meters rarely used separates the trenches and the homes of the soldiers in a village of indigenous ethnicity Kuripaco. Much of the 100 soldiers working in the bunch is indigenous. They are an example of a trend adopted by the Brazilian army: hire Indians to defend and patrol the Amazon jungle. The Indians now account for around 70% of the 1,400 soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Forest, which encompasses three outposts on the borders with Colombia and Venezuela and a military compound in the largest city in the northern end of Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, of 38,000 inhabitants. Read Article
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