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Jun 2022
22m 11s

After two killings in the Amazon, a push...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

On June 15, the friends and families of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips had their worst fears realized. The men had gone missing ten days earlier. After days of searching, police announced that a local fisherman had confessed to killing the two men. But there are still so many unanswered questions about why this happened. The Take looks into the push for justice in their case. 

In this episode:

  • Monica Yanakiew (@MonikaKiev), reporter for Al Jazeera English in Brazil

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei with Ruby Zaman, Ney Alvarez, Amy Walters, Alexandra Locke, and Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal. The Take’s sound designer is Alex Roldan. The Take’s engagement producers are Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad.

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