Brazil Extends National Force Deployment to Pirititi Indigenous Land for 90 Days

Overview

• The Justice Ministry formalized the 90‑day extension in the Feb. 9 Diário Oficial, signed by Minister Wellington César Lima e Silva.
• Operations will be carried out with the Federal Police and Roraima public‑security agencies under a joint plan.
• Funai will provide logistics and infrastructure support, and its access rule remains in force allowing only agency staff to enter the area.
• The ministry did not disclose the number of deployed agents, saying the contingent follows operational planning.
• The National Force has been in Pirititi since November 2022 with successive renewals to counter deforestation risks in a 40,000‑hectare territory that shelters the isolated Piruichichi/Tiquiriá people documented by Funai in 2011.