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Source: Mongabay Brasil | Country: Brazil | Focus: Indigenous Land Rights | Confidence: Credible Media

Eviction Order Against Pataxó Village Suspended in Southern Bahia

What Was Reported

Mongabay Brasil reports that Brazil's Federal Regional Court (TRF-1) issued a preliminary injunction on July 7 suspending a repossession order that would have displaced roughly 200 Pataxo people from the Lagoa Doce village in Trancoso, southern Bahia. The ruling halts the eviction while the case proceeds.

Why It Matters

Eviction orders are how land disputes turn into displacement. A court pausing one is a reminder that demarcation and due process, not force, are supposed to decide who stays on the land.

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This report is based on publicly available information from Mongabay Brasil. Amazon News Watch tracks source-based public reporting about threats across the Amazon. All claims are attributed to the original source and do not represent editorial conclusions by the Colombian Amazon Journal unless explicitly stated.

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