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June 7, 2022

Journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous Expert Bruno Pereira Go Missing in Brazil's Amazon
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In Brazil, fear is growing over the safety of British journalist Dom
Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a protector of Brazilian Indigenous
communities, after the pair went missing in one of the most remote areas
of the Amazon early Sunday. Phillips is a longtime freelance reporter
for The Guardian and other publications. Pereira is a former Brazilian
government official. The two were last seen while traveling by boat in
the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas near the border with Peru.
Phillips was doing research for a book on the Amazon and was in the
region to interview Indigenous leaders patrolling the area for illegal
miners and fishers. Pereira had recently received death threats over his
work.


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