Hundreds of dredging rafts operated by illegal miners have gathered in a gold rush on the Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon, floating hundreds of miles as state and federal authorities dispute who is responsible for stopping them.
The Madeira flows some 2,000 miles from its source in Bolivia through the rainforest in Brazil and into the Amazon River.
A spokesperson for Brazil's environmental protection agency Ibama said the illegal dredging on the Madeira river was the responsibility not of the federal government but of Amazonas state and its environmental agency IPAAM. The ANM said it did not fall under their purview as they only oversaw legal mining, while criminal activity was a matter for the police and courts.
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