Isolated Tribes Confront Illegal Loggers in Jungle

Hundreds of members of some of the world’s last indigenous tribes still living cut off from the outside world have emerged from isolation to confront illegal mahogany loggers in Peru’s southeastern jungle, activists said.

Four loggers have been reported injured by arrows in the standoff in the Madre de Dios River region near the border with Brazil.

In April, Peru set up a reserve in the area for uncontacted peoples, which should be off limits to the loggers. But activists say hundreds of loggers are in the area, working on commission for big timber companies, even though it is illegal to cut down mahogany there.