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Mao-be, a leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe in Colombia recently committed suicide by drinking a poison traditionally used to kill fish. The Nukak were forced to flee their homes after becoming caught up in Colombia's drug wars. And since the tribe’s first contact with outside society in 1988, over half have died. Survival campaigner David Hill recently returned from visiting the Nukak.