rea has been marked by violent conflicts; pair reportedly threatened during reporting trip
The Associated Press · Posted: Jun 06, 2022 7:29 PM ET | Last Updated: 37 minutes ago
British journalist Dom Phillips, right, and a Yanomami Indigenous man walk in the Maloca Papiu region of Brazil, in November 2019. Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araujo Pereira have been reported missing in a remote part of Brazil's Amazon, a local Indigenous association said Monday. (Joao Laet/The Associated Press)
A British journalist and an Indigenous affairs expert are missing in a remote part of Brazil's Amazon region, a local Indigenous association said Monday. The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers and government agents.
Dom Phillips, who has been a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper, and Bruno Araujo Pereira were last seen at 7 a.m. local time Sunday in the Sao Rafael community, according to the Univaja association of Indigenous people in the Vale do Javari, for which Pereira has been an adviser.
They were returning by boat from the Vale do Javari and bound for the city of Atalaia do Norte, about an hour away, but never showed up.
Pereira, currently on leave from his post with Brazil's Indigenous affairs agency, is one of its most experienced employees operating within the Vale do Javari area. He oversaw the agency's regional office and the co-ordination of isolated Indigenous groups before taking leave. He has received a steady stream of threats from illegal fishermen and poachers, and usually carries a gun.
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