Authorities in the Amazon investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous advocate have yet to find any evidence of a crime three days after the men went missing in a remote corner of the rainforest. However, the Amazonas state police chief told reporters it was too early to link any suspect directly to the pair’s disappearance. In Britain, the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, urged Brazilian authorities “to do all they can to find them as soon as possible and for the Foreign Office to use all the diplomatic channels at its disposal”. There is considerable anger over the lack of urgency shown by Brazilian authorities, and particularly the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro. The search has been beset by delays and contradictory statements by Brazilian military officials in charge of the region.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2022 21:48 UTC