Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1

About this episode

The episode investigates the disappearance of journalist Dom Phillips and defender Bruno Pereira in Brazil's Javari valley.

Three years ago British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s remote Javari valley. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips investigates what happened in the first episode of a new six-part investigative podcast series. Find episode 2 – and all future episodes – by searching for “Missing in the Amazon”

People in this episode

Host: Tom Phillips

Topics covered

• disappearance
• investigation
• journalism
• indigenous rights
• Brazil
• true crime

Keywords

• Dom Phillips
• Bruno Pereira
• disappearance
• Amazon
• investigative podcast
• The Guardian
• Javari valley
• journalism
• indigenous rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Guardian

Places: Brazil, Javari valley, Brazil

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