The military operation was launched by the Brazilian Air Force to contribute to the fight against illegal mining in the Yanomami indigenous land in the state of Roraima.
The commanders of the Air Force, Army, and Navy also opposed “possible excesses committed” by protesters who do not accept the outcome of the presidential race.
The KC-390 aircraft will depart from the Brasília military air base on Monday bound for Warsaw, transporting 11.5 tons of humanitarian supplies donated by Brazil.
A twin engine aircraft carrying 500 kilos of cocaine was intercepted by a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) A-29 Super Tucano in Goiás state, Central-West region, on Sunday (June 25), as part of Operation Ostium, a joint crackdown on crossborder crime carried out by the FAB, Federal P