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They even bragged about cutting up the bodies and throwing them in the river

The Amazonian tribe have remained uncontacted before they were met by the Brazilian gold miners.

It has been reported that ten of the members were killed when the miners came across them whilst collecting eggs.

The men then entered a local bar near the border in Columbia, bragging about the killing.

Leila Silvia Burger Sotto-Maior, coordinator at Funai, the National Indian Foundation, told New York Times: “It was crude bar talk.

“They even bragged about cutting up the bodies and throwing them in the river.”