News of missing

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo identity 131st missing grandchild

23-12-2022 00:26 Abuelas chief Estela de Carlotto confirms they have found a child born to political activists Lucía Nadín and Aldo Quevedo, who were kidnapped and disappeared in 1977.

Human rights

Decades on, the Grandmothers’ search for stolen children continues

06-10-2022 00:07 The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo are getting older, and every day, their hopes of finding their missing relatives are fading.

Murder in the Amazon

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

24-06-2022 11:13 Bodies of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira handed over to their families, nearly two-and-a-half weeks after they were killed in Brazil's Amazon.

Murder in the Amazon

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

18-06-2022 21:13 British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police confirm.

Murder in the Amazon

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

17-06-2022 09:44 Suspect reveals where bodies of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira are buried; Police say they’re ‘99%’ sure that remains found in Amazon are missing duo; Bolsonaro blamed as evidence mounts of murders.

KILLED IN THE AMAZON

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

16-06-2022 13:03 Veteran British freelance journalist Dom Phillips and respected Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira shared a passion for the farthest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The duo, both courageous adventurers who loved the rainforest and its peoples, each defended the region in his own way.

Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

16-06-2022 10:46 One of two men arrested over the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Brazilian Amazon confesses to having buried the pair in the jungle.

Vale do Javari

How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven

14-06-2022 14:18 The Javari Valley is one of the remotest places on Earth, a vast expanse of thick jungle in northwestern Brazil near the Peruvian and Colombian borders. It is also a haven for drug-trafficking and environmental crimes.

MISSING IN THE AMAZON

Human remains found in Amazon search for journalist, expert

13-06-2022 15:22 Human remains have been found in the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, Brazil's president confirmed Monday.

MISSING IN THE AMAZON

Brazil police find blood on suspect's boat in case of missing reporter, expert

10-06-2022 13:14 Traces of blood have been found on the boat of a suspect arrested in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert in the Amazon.

MISSING IN AMAZON

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

09-06-2022 00:43 Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

CONCERNS AFTER THREATS

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

06-06-2022 21:17 A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

Natural Disaster

Brazil rescuers end search after storms that killed 128

03-06-2022 15:20 Emergency workers in Brazil ended their search Friday for victims of deadly floods and landslides that hit the country's northeast, after finding the body of the last person reported missing, bringing the death toll to 128.

Disaster

South Africa flood toll nears 400, dozens still missing

15-04-2022 13:37 Police, army and volunteer rescuers search for dozens still missing, five days after the deadliest storm to strike South African city of Durban in living memory.

Death of Facundo Astudillo Castro

Judge leading probe into Facundo Castro's disappearance removed from case

29-12-2021 15:12 Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation has removed judge overseeing probe into disappearance and death of Facundo Astudillo Castro from the investigation.

MISSING IN COLOMBIA

The Colombian town that 'adopted' a conflict's anonymous dead

24-11-2021 16:47 In Puerto Berrio, Antioquia, unidentified dead from the worst years of Colombia's near six-decade conflict have "adopted" by the locals.

Death of Facundo Astudillo Castro

Phones and patrol cars: Probe into Facundo Castro’s death, one year on

06-05-2021 15:36 22-year-old Facundo Astudillo Castro went missing at the end of April 2020, at the height of the coronavirus lockdown. His body was found more than three months later. A year on from his initial disappearance, the investigation into the youngster’s disappearance is still ongoing, with two telephones at the heart of the probe.

International Transgender Day of Visibility

Protesters use Trans Visibility Day to highlight missing youngster

02-04-2021 02:34 Demonstrators mark International Transgender Day of Visibility by demonstrating outside Congress, demanding greater efforts be made in the search for Tehuel, a 21-year-old who went missing since March 11.

News of missing

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo identity 131st missing grandchild

Decades on, the Grandmothers’ search for stolen children continues

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven

Human remains found in Amazon search for journalist, expert

Brazil police find blood on suspect's boat in case of missing reporter, expert

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

Brazil rescuers end search after storms that killed 128

South Africa flood toll nears 400, dozens still missing

Judge leading probe into Facundo Castro's disappearance removed from case

The Colombian town that 'adopted' a conflict's anonymous dead

Phones and patrol cars: Probe into Facundo Castro’s death, one year on

Protesters use Trans Visibility Day to highlight missing youngster

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

Three years on, Fernando Báez Sosa’s parents plead for ‘justice’

Verdict due in trial for horrific killing of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy

Los Pertossi: el prontuario de la familia de tres de los acusados por el crimen de Báez Sosa

La madre de Máximo Thomsen atacó a los periodistas: "Tres años bancándonos a estos hijos de p..."

Caso Fernando Báez Sosa | Thomsen, Comelli, Benicelli y Ciro y Luciano Pertossi fueron condenados a prisión perpetua

Qué dice la ley y en qué momento podrían salir de prisión los cinco rugbiers condenados a perpetua

La transformación de Máximo Thomsen: de "líder de la manada" al desmayo