An American family missing for three days in northern Brazil was found alive Wednesday, after a drama in which they were robbed while on a boat trip. The family recently lived in the southern resort and university city of Florianapolis. They disappeared Sunday near the town of Breves in Para state, the public safety office statement said after assailants attacked their boat on the water. The family was making a boat trip from Belem to Macapa in the northeastern state. It was the second case in recent months of tourists disappearing in Brazil’s vast northern Amazon basin, a region of steamy jungles and endless tributaries.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 02, 2017 02:37 UTC