THE world's largest uncontacted tribe known for killing outsiders could now face certain peril.

The previously isolated Mashco Piro tribe , who roam the Amazon rainforest, have had increased contact with the outside world, due to further logging in their tribal area.

New imagery has shown the tribe in very close proximity to logging crews, increasing their risk of disease, death and extinction.

Activists have warned similar contact has previously wiped out entire indigenous communities in the Amazon .

President of the neighbouring indigenous Yine community, Enrique Añez, has also raised the alarm.

He told the Independent : "It is very worrying, they are in danger."

Añez said the Yine community has had more contact with the Mashco Piro in recent years due to increased industr

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