BRITISH JOURNALIST AND INDIGENOUS PROTECTOR ARE MISSING IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON AFTER REPORTED THREATS

[Judi Lynn]

4. John Kerry commits to look into case of missing British journalist in Brazil

Dom Phillips, a Guardian contributor, was last seen on Sunday morning travelling with Indigenous expert Bruno Araújo Pereira

Arthur Neslen and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Tue 7 Jun 2022 14.29 EDT

The US climate envoy John Kerry has committed to pursuing the facts behind the disappearance of a veteran Guardian contributor and a celebrated Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon.

Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira were last seen on Sunday morning travelling by boat through the remote Javari Valley, a region plagued by violence involving illegal fishermen, illegal loggers, drug traffickers and security forces.

Kerry, a former US secretary of state, appears shocked at details of the case recounted by the Brazilian Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara in a WhatsApp video of the encounter seen by the Guardian.

“We will follow up with you,” he says in the video, before telling his assistant to take more details.

The exchange happened at a ceremony on Tuesday honouring Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2022, one of whom was Guajajara.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/07/dom-phillips-john-kerry-bruno-pereira