Univaja (Union of Indigenous Organizations of the Javari Valley (Univaja) reported this Sunday afternoon (12) that a vessel was found in the region of search for the indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and the English journalist Dom Phillips in the Javari Valley, in Amazonas This Sunday completed a week since the disappearance of the duo.
Operation Javari teams, who are carrying out the search, found on Saturday (11) a place where traces were observed – such as the edge of a ravine where a vessel could have been dragged. The vessel was found near this location, which was forwarded, as well as information about the find, to the Federal Police.
The PF has not yet informed whether the vessel belongs to Amarildo da Costa Oliveira, known as Pelado, temporarily arrested by court order on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of the pair.
material examined
On Friday (10), teams that are part of Operation Javari located “organic material apparently human” in the Itaquaí River, near the port of Atalaia do Norte, in Amazonas.
The content was sent for expert analysis by the National Institute of Criminalistics of the Federal Police. Blood samples found on Amarildo’s vessel, seized on Thursday (9.
Also on Saturday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a resolution with requests to the Brazilian government regarding the whereabouts of the duo.
The organization, linked to the Organization of American States (OAS), asked Brazil to redouble its search efforts, and said that the country did not act quickly after receiving the complaint about the disappearance.
According to the document, the state efforts would have started after a great mobilization of civil society and the press, and the measures adopted so far would be insufficient, considering the extension of the territory, in addition to other technical challenges.
Also on Saturday, the Federal Police, which coordinates a crisis committee in the capital of Amazonas, clarified in a note that the news that circulated, especially on social networks, that bodies had been found are false.
Ferreira and Phillips disappeared on the way from the Ribeirinha São Rafael community to the city of Atalaia do Norte.
According to the entities, the indigenist is the target of threats from loggers and prospectors who try to invade indigenous lands in the region. He is considered an experienced and in-depth knowledge of the region, as he was regional coordinator of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) of Atalaia do Norte for years.
(Posted by Carolina Farias)
Source: CNN Brasil
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