Yanomami Genocide: Pro-mining Senator caught with money in his underwear to preside special committee

Senator Chico Rodrigues (PSB) was elected president of the Temporary Committee to monitor the situation of the Yanomami in the Senate on Wednesday (15). In October 2020, the senator gained national attention after being caught with R$ 33,000 hidden in his underwear during a police operation investigating an alleged criminal scheme of diverting public resources to combat Covid-19 in the state of Roraima. In the same operation, a stone that may be a gold nugget was found in the safe in the senator’s room.

Chico Rodrigues has previously declared his support for mining and has advocated for the legalization of the activity on indigenous lands, in addition to requesting the creation of a bill to regulate mining.