The Brazilian authorities found this Sunday a backpack and personal belongings of the British journalist Dom Phillips and the indigenista Bruno Araújo Pereiradisappeared a week ago in a region of the Amazon, reported the police.
“Objects belonging to the disappeared were found: a health card, black pants, a black sandal and a pair of boots belonging to Bruno Pereira, and a pair of boots and a backpack belonging to Dom Phillips containing personal clothing,” the Federal Police in Amazonas said in a note.
It should be remembered that Phillips and Araújo were in the Brazilian Amazon on research for a book, interviewing natives who participate in the tasks to prevent the entry of hunters and poachers in the area.
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Since last Sunday, June 5, when they were supposed to return, they have not been heard from, and for this reason, the AIR has called on the local authorities for an urgent and exhaustive search that “allows locating and guaranteeing the safety of Phillips and Araújo”, but also that the events that occurred can be determined.
For their part, the Brazilian authorities intensified the search for the missing British journalist and indigenist, while a suspect was arrested on Wednesdayaccording to the press.
The Navy deployed a helicopter, boats and a jet ski. While, the army provided a helicopter and 150 military specialists in the jungle And they know the terrain.
