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Missing British journalist. in one of the most remote corners of Amazon just According to reports, a few days after his guide received threats.

Dom Phillips, correspondent for The Guardian in Brazilmissing with local expert.

The couple was last visible over weekends in Javari region of State of Amazonas – close to the border with Peru.

According to The Guardian, the reporter was traveling. with Bruno Araujo Pereira – former government official whose job it was to protect the non-contact tribes of Brazil.

The newspaper reported that Mr. Pereira received a number of threats from loggers and miners in in region.

On Monday, local indigenous leaders sounded the alarm after a couple disappeared while reporting. mission in network of rivers around the city of Atalaia do Norte, entry point to the Javari Nature Reserve.

Indigenous group Univaja said that men It was set off last week on the boat for a region known as Lago do Jabourou.

They arrived on Friday, and according to reports, their return trip to Atalaya do Norte began. on Sunday morning.

River trip should didn’t take more than a few hours – and search party was sent out around 14:00 after they failed to arrive.

It is assumed that the local police and army are involved in the case. in Search.

representative for Guardian News & Media stated: “The Guardian is very concerned and is urgently looking for information about the whereabouts and condition of Mr. Phillips.

“We in contact with British embassy in Brazil and local and national authorities to try to ascertain the facts soon as possible.”

Mr Phillips reported on Brazil for more than 15 years old for newspapers including The Guardian, Washington Post, New York Times and Financial Times.

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