Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five

29/08/2025 38 min
Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five

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Episode Synopsis

Revisited: Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon – and that the killers of Dom and Bruno will face justice. But organised crime is widespread and deep-rooted. The investigative journalist Sônia Bridi tells the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, about a man who allegedly not only may have helped plan the killings but may have ordered them. A man whose name strikes fear across the region. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus