Meirelles stated, ‘What is happening in this region [of Peru] is a monumental crime against the natural world, the tribes, the fauna and is further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the ‘civilised’ ones, treat the world.” [BBC News: “Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil”]

According to SI, international law protects these uncontacted tribes.

Brazil is considered to contain the largest number of uncontacted people in the world.

The photographs of this group of people were taken between April 28 and May 2, 2008. Several photographs, and a video, of the tribe can be found at the CNN website "'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon.”