ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian police and indigenous search teams dismissed reports on Monday that they had found the bodies of a British reporter and a Brazilian indigenous expert missing in the Amazon jungle, dashing hopes of a quick resolution in the week-old case. On Sunday, police said search teams had found the belongings of freelance…
Brazil Police and Searchers Say No Bodies Found in Hunt for British Journalist
Brazil Police Find Apparent Human Remains in River Where Reporter Vanished
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian search teams have found “apparently human” remains in the river where a British journalist was last seen in the Amazon rainforest, police said on Friday, in what may be the biggest break yet for the five-day investigation. The “organic material” is being sent for forensic analysis, federal police said, along with…
Fisherman Who Saw Missing British Journalist Arrested in Brazil on Weapons Charge
RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian police investigating a missing British journalist and an indigenous expert in the Amazon jungle have arrested a man on a weapons charge, but have no evidence to tie him to their disappearance, police and the detainee’s lawyer told Reuters. Witnesses said they last saw Dom Phillips, a freelancer who has written for…
Fears Grow for Missing UK Journalist in Brazil as Sister Makes Appeal
The wife and the sister of a missing British journalist have called on the Brazilian government to pull out all the stops to find him after he vanished in a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest. Dom Phillips, 57, has not been seen since Sunday morning when he left the village of Sao Rafael in…
British Journalist, Brazilian Expert Missing in the Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO—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 Araújo…
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