Arns and the other passenger, former Londrina Archbishop Geraldo Mejilla Agnelo were treated at a local hospital and released. Arns went to hospital in Sao Paulo on November 1 after complaining of pains, was released, and will be spending a week of recuperation at a Sao Paulo clinic. Currently 9853 native peoples live in this area, which covers 1.5 million hectares. Although the demarcation process is underway, the land has been invaded by 137 cattle breeders and 200 gold miners. Malaria and leishmaniosis are on the increase.
Violence is widespread in the mining areas, where alcohol abuse and prostitution are prevalent.
New facts relating to the situation have been submitted to the judge, and new calls for the miners' removal, but the judge has not released a new order. The dance of the Tucui, celebrating the arrival of other tribes, and a leaf-beating ceremony, traditions of the Macuxi people, marked the end of a demonstration commemorating 500 years of indigenous, black, and popular resistance on the American continent. A group of Yanomami were also present. Among them was Davi Ksonewa Yanomami, who spoke against the continued presence of gold miners in the Yanomami area, despite the fact that the area has been demarcated. CIR vice president Waldir Tobias denounced the death threats he and other indigenous leaders have received because of their struggle for the demarcation of their lands.