PF confirms that personal objects found in Vale do Javari are of journalist and indigenist who disappeared in AM

(Promotion/PF)

June 13, 2022

08:06

Priscilla Peixoto – From Amazon Agency

MANAUS – The Crisis Committee, coordinated by the Amazonas Federal Police (PF-AM), confirmed, through a note released this Sunday night, 12, that the belongings found in the region of Vale do Javari are the indigenist Bruno Pereira and the British journalist Dom Phillips, missing since Sunday, 5.

“In the region where the searches were concentrated, personal belongings of the disappeared were found, being 1 (one) health card in the name of Mr. Bruno Pereira, 1 (one) black pants belonging to Mr. Bruno Pereira, 1 (one) black slipper belonging to Mr. Bruno Pereira, 1 (one) pair of boots belonging to Mr. Bruno Pereira, 1 (one) pair of boots belonging to Mr. Dom Phillips and 1 (one) backpack belonging to Mr. Dom Phillips containing personal clothing”, says an excerpt from the note obtained by CENARIUM MAGAZINE.

Note released by PF-AM (Promotion)

Also according to the document, the Crisis Committee, coordinated by the Federal Police of AM, informed that the Javari Operation continued, in the last 24 hours, with the river search and with aerial reconnaissance in the region of the Itaquaí river, in the area where another boat was found.

Boat

In the early afternoon of this Sunday, 12, the legal counsel at the Union of Indigenous Peoples Vale do Javari (Univaja) had informed, through a note, about the finding of another boat in the São Rafael Community, in Atalaia do Norte (1,136 kilometers away from Manaus).

The boat was found in the region where the indigenist and the journalist were last seen, according to Univaja. “It is a second boat, regional boat type, known as ‘center engine’ or barge”, said the legal coordinator of Univaja, Eliésio Marubo, in a complement to the note he informed:

“In the vicinity of the site was found a boat that may be owned by Mr. Amarildo da Costa Oliveira, known as ‘Pelado, detained for investigation. The information about the property of the boat still needs to be confirmed by those responsible for the investigations”, highlighted the text.