The Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe Indigenous People are one, among the many communities, affected by the collapse of the mining dam. Four days after this crime committed by mining company Vale, we headed towards the Naô Xohã village, located 22 kilometers from the dam.
On January 25th, a tailing dam from an iron ore mine from Vale, a Brazilian mining company, collapsed, flooding with almost 13 million m³ of toxic mud the district of Córrego do Feijão, in the city of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais state.
This environmental crime takes place a little over three years after the dam collapse in the city of Mariana, also in Minas Gerais state, controlled by Vale and British-Australian BHP.