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Missing in the Amazon

Missing in the Amazon

By: The Guardian
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 In one of the most remote corners of the Amazon jungle, a journalist and an indigenous defender disappear without a trace. Missing in the Amazon – our new six-part investigative podcast series uncovers what happened to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Told for the first time by the people closest to them.© 2025 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Episode five: the fightback

    Episode five: the fightback
    Jun 23 2025
    Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon – and that the killers of Dom and Bruno will face justice. But organised crime is widespread and deep-rooted. The investigative journalist Sônia Bridi tells the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips about a man who allegedly not only may have helped plan the killings but may have ordered them. A man whose name strikes fear across the region
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    38 mins
  • Episode four: the ambush

    Episode four: the ambush
    Jun 16 2025
    The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment that he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s belongings in a hidden area of flooded forest. The team finally discover what has happened to the men
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    25 mins
  • Episode three: the protector and the poacher

    Episode three: the protector and the poacher
    Jun 9 2025
    Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, reports on the story of the two men and what happened when their paths collided
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    35 mins
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