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Pair’s disappearance in Brazil’s Amazon tied to ‘fish mafia’

Indigenous people watch the police activities during the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araujo Pereira in the Javari Valley Indigenous territory, in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, June 11, 2022. According to the police, a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect in the disappearance of Phillips and Pereira and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where they went missing last Sunday, has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

A Federal Police officer takes pictures of a seized boat during the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araujo Pereira in the Javari Valley Indigenous territory, in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, June 11, 2022. According to the police, a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Army soldiers carry a container with seized fish illegally caught in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, June 11, 2022. According to the police, a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Army soldiers carry a container with seized fish illegally caught in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, June 11, 2022. According to the police, a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Army soldiers carry seized fish illegally caught in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, June 11, 2022. According to the police, a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Army soldiers unload seized fish illegally caught in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, June 11, 2022. According to the police, a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Vendor Antonio Rodrigues do Santos holds up fish at the fish market in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, June 10, 2022. According with the police a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Vendor Aldemir Gomes da Silva holds up fish at the fish market in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, June 10, 2022. According with the police a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Vendor Antonio Rodrigues do Santos works at the fish market in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, June 10, 2022. According with the police a wildcat fisherman is the main suspect of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, and authorities say illegal fishing near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, where Phillips and Pereira went missing last Sunday has raised the tension with local Indigenous groups in the isolated area near the country's border with Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Pair’s disappearance in Brazil’s Amazon tied to ‘fish mafia’