Demand protection for indigenous peoples of the United Nations High Caura 
 
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At Puerto Ordaz .- reported the invasion of illegal miners and the actions of the military Theatre Operations number 5 in the vicinity of the Caura watershed High, in Bolivar state, the Indian parliament raised their voices in demand for protection The Aboriginal life and the preservation of natural areas.

The Indian deputy to the National Assembly, Jose Poyo Cascante, urged regional and national authorities, in the entity bolivarense, to remain vigilant to the development of the activities surrounding the illegal mining are developed while preserving the right to life the Indians.

Poyo asked the Governor Francisco Rangel Gomez, the Indigenous Institute, the deputy minister of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Defence and the Ministry of Public monitor the proceedings of the TO-5 and the possible reaction of groups associated with illegal mining

The MP expressed his solidarity with the inhabitants of Maripa, where he reported the invasion of at least 500 illegal miners. Although the senator stressed that the Indians are defenders of their habitat, the military authorities of the entity investigating the alleged collaboration by indigenous mobilization illegal miners.