Brazilian authorities are resuming their crackdown on illegal logging in the Amazon
Hundreds of federal police and military troops returned to a town (Tailandia) in the eastern part of the region haul out stacks of illegally cut hardwood.
At least 2,000 townspeople and sawmill workers rioted against the crackdown last week. They burned tires, blocked roads and forced federal environmental officials to flee the area, according to Brazilian newspaper accounts.
Before the unrest, 130 environmental inspectors had audited 10 of the towns estimated 140 sawmills. The environmental agency says if fined seven for stocking lumber of unknown origin and selling lumber without authorization.
The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest. Official data showing an unexpected surge in deforestation late last year prompted Brazil's president to launch the crackdown.
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