Pereira told The Associated Press in an off-the-record conversation in November that he was waiting for the end of the Jair Bolsonaro presidency to return to the Indigenous agency and meanwhile would work with an Indigenous people's association.
Indigenous and family mourn expert killed in the Amazon
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After Bolsonaro came to power, the agency was stacked with loyalists and people who lacked experience in Indigenous affairs, he said.
Brazil Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira was 'bigger target' in recent years
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