A veteran British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous affairs expert are missing in Brazil's remote Javari Valley, in the far western part of Amazonas state.
Journalist Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a staffer on leave from the Brazilian Indigenous National Foundation , have been missing for over 30 hours, according to the Coordination of the Indigenous Organization. The organization, known as UNIVAJA, said that satellite information showed the pair's last known location in the São Rafael community early on Sunday morning, where they were expected to meet with a local leader who never showed up.
Phillips visiting a mine in Roraima State, Brazil, on November 14, 2019.FUNAI, the governmental protection agency for indigenous people, told CNN it is following the case, but highlighted that Pereira was not on duty when he disappeared.Phillips is a long-time contributor for UK newspaper The Guardian, and the publication's global environment editor Johnathan Watts has called for Brazilian authorities to take swift action.
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