Tres Fronteras (, ) is an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Upper Amazon region of South America. It includes and is named after the tripoint at which the borders of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet. The upper Amazon River flows through the area.
Geography The area is noted for its natural beauty. Cities in Tres Fronteras include Tabatinga (in Brazil), Leticia (in Colombia), and Santa Rosa de Yavari (in Peru) on an island in the Amazon River.
Much of the land is within the Alto Rio Negro and Yanomami reserves, a combined .Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Amazon Tri-Border Regions, 8 August 2023, JUAN DIEGO CÁRDENAS, MARÍA FERNANDA RAMÍREZ AND SETH ROBBIN], Insight Crime
Population According to Fabricio Amorimm from Fundação Nacional do Índio, the region contains "the greatest concentration of isolated groups in the Amazon and the world".
Crime A UN report stated that the hotspot in which a reporter was killed "probably [had] among the densest concentration of organized crime groups on earth." In June 2022, The Guardian reporter Dom Phillips and his companion Bruno Pereira were killed in Tabatinga, in the Vale do Javari.
See also Amazon basin Murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips Triple Frontier (film)
References
External links Human mobility in the triple border of Peru, Colombia and Brazil, Márcia Maria de Oliveira, São Paulo May/August 2006 (abstract in English, text in Portuguese).