France to open high-security prison in Amazon jungle
Louis Theroux’s next documentary location? Drug traffickers and radical Islamists sentenced to prison time in France will have an exotic change of scenery in the near future. Whilst visiting the overseas territory of French Guiana, the nation’s justice minister Gérald Darmanin informed Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) that a £337m high-security facility will be constructed […]
10 months ago
Incredible photos reveal first look at uncontacted Amazon community
The community’s size has more than doubled since the 1990s Incredible new photos from the Amazon rainforest have given us a first-look at a thriving indigenous community. The images, captured on automatic cameras, show the uncontacted Massaco people quietly thriving near the Brazilian border with Bolivia, the Guardian reports. This is despite the intense pressures they […]
1 year ago
Biggest uncontacted tribe in the world spotted in Peru
There are fears logging companies are driving the tribe out of the rainforest Dozens of indigenous people from what is believed to be the biggest uncontacted tribe in the world have been spotted on the banks of a river in Peru. Images and footage published by the indigenous rights organisation Survival International show dozens of […]
1 year ago
Brits among 70 tourists taken hostage by indigenous Amazon tribe
A one-month old child, people with disabilities, pregnant women and elderly people are on board Britons that were travelling on a river boat are reportedly being held hostage by a tribe in Peru’s Amazon rainforest. Local media have reported that Indigenous people from Cuninico in the northernmost Loreto province detained a group of about 70 […]
3 years ago