The Maranhao state government set up a task force to protect the Amazon forest tribe from a logger after Chief Paulino was assassinated.

Flavio Dino, governor of the state of Maranhao, northeastern Brazil, ordered the creation of a task force on November 4 to protect the Guajajara forest tribe tribe and train them in patrol and forest protection skills.

Dino said that if federal agencies failed to protect Aboriginal tribes in his state, the task force would act in an emergency and fight any illegal intrusion.

"We attach great importance to protecting aboriginal rights and want to help them. We do not tolerate genocide," Dino posted on Twitter on November 4.

The statement came after Paulo Paulino Guajajara, nicknamed "Gray Wolf", leader of the Amazon forest tribe, was ambushed and shot dead by five bandits in the state of Maranhao, when a member of the tribe. Leaving the village to search for water on November 1.

Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro called the attack "a gruesome crime", vowing to bring the mastermind to light, while Brazilian federal police also pledged to investigate the incident.

It is the responsibility of federal officials to protect the forest in a reserve reserved for indigenous Brazilians, but the Guajajara tribe of more than 20,000 people, dubbed the "Protector of the Forest," has taken on the task of guarding the forest. keep your "home" from loggers.