The Latest Breaking News from Bruno Pereira

Alessandra Sampaio said she still had ‘some small hope’ of finding him

Veteran Brit journalist Dom Phillips went missing while carrying out research for a book in Brazil's remote Javari Valley jungle - a lawless and vast region where indigenous tribes, narco-gangs, illegal hunters and fishermen operate

Brazilian police investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an indigenous expert in the Amazon rainforest have questioned a possible suspect among several fishermen known to have clashed with authorities earlier over fishing rights.

Brazilian police have opened a criminal probe and interviewed at least four witnesses believed to be among the last to have seen a British journalist and an indigenous expert who went missing in a remote and lawless part of the Amazon jungle on Sunday.

Dom Phillips, 57, was last seen early on Sunday in the Sao Rafael community in Brazil.

Brazil's Navy on Monday dispatched a crew of ten people to search for British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing while reporting in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest near the border with Peru.

Indigenous community leaders sounded the alarm after the pair did not meet their scheduled return from one of the remotest corners of the Amazon, just days after receiving threats