Brazil
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Fate of missing people in the Amazon uncertain
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A British journalist and an indigenous expert are missing. Indigenous people take part in a protest march.
Photo: Edmar Barros/AP/dpa
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North Watchtower What happened to the British journalist and his companion who went missing in the Amazon? Hopes are sinking that they will still be found – but the local indigenous people are not giving up yet.
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The fate of the missing British journalist and an indigenous expert in the deepest Amazon region remains uncertain.
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The search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira will continue, the Brazilian news agency Agência Brasil reported, citing the federal police. But the already small hopes of finding the two continue to dwindle.
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The leader of the Javari Valley Indigenous Association, Beto Marubo, said in a press conference: “Our team is further in the area where the search is being carried out. Our work is tireless. Our ultimate goal is to find our friend Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips who is also our friend.”
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Personal items found
According to the media, personal belongings of the two were found a good week after their disappearance. According to the information, a boat belonging to a suspect who had already been arrested was discovered in the vicinity of the site on the border with Peru and Colombia. There have been conflicting reports that the bodies of the missing people have been found.
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The result of the examination of the “organic material apparently human” found near the port of Atalaia do Norte and the blood on the seized boat is open. It should be published this week, the news agency “Agência Brasil” reported on Monday evening, citing the federal police.
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