Firefighters say divers found a backpack and laptop in a part of the Amazon where the pair went missing a week ago.
Federal police officers arrive at the pier with items found during a search for Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil on Sunday, 12 June, 2022.Brazilian authorities say they have found a backpack and personal effects of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert who disappeared in the Amazon last week, with the Briton's mother-in-law saying she has lost hope that they will emerge alive.
After a slow start, the Brazilian federal police and the army have intensified the search for the two men, who were last seen in the town of Sao Gabriel, not far from their destination, Atalaia do Norte.
Police said search teams on Sunday covered about 25 square kilometres, with "thorough searches through the jungle, roads in the region and flooded vegetation," especially in the area where a boat belonging to Oliveira was found.
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