British journalist, Indigenous official missing in Amazon rainforest
NBC
The lethargy of the Bolsonaro administration in responding to this disappearance exposes its dismissive attitude toward indigenous people and journalists. By promoting the dominant notion that their rights shouldn't be respected, and failing to act to protect Philips and Pereira, the Brazilian president is complicit in ongoing attacks against the press.
A federal probe has been opened into criminal organizations that operate in the remote region of the Javari Valley, showing that Brazilian security forces aren't ignoring the disappearance of Pereira and Phillips. It has become a qualified homicide investigation due to recent evidence that links this event with both fishing and illegal hunting.