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Missing in the Amazon: the fightback – episode five

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Revisited: Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon – and that the killers of Dom and Bruno will face justice. But organised crime is widespread and deep-rooted. The investigative journalist Sônia Bridi tells the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, about a man who allegedly not only may have helped plan the killings but may have ordered them. A man whose name strikes fear across the region

Today in Focus is on a summer break and will be back with new episodes from 1 September. In the meantime, we are bringing you a series from our new narrative strand, Guardian Investigates. This episode was first broadcast on Monday 23 June.

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