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Today in Focus

Missing in the Amazon: the ambush – episode four

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Revisited: The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s belongings in a hidden area of flooded forest. The team finally discover what has happened to the men. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Helen here. Today in focus is on our summer break and in our absence, we wanted to give you the

0:05.9

chance to listen to this really excellent series called Missing in the Amazon. It's hosted by the

0:10.9

Guardian's Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips and it's from our new narrative strand, Guardian Investigates.

0:17.2

It's a feed where you can find all of the Guardian's award-winning narrative podcasts, plus every new series we release.

0:23.7

We'll see you on September 1st with the new today in focus, but in the meantime, here is episode 4.

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1:09.5

Previously on missing in the Amazon.

1:14.8

It became clear that Pelado had become a kind of a major poacher who had gradually built up a business.

1:27.1

And this guy, he says, I saw Don Bruno passing by, and right behind them, he said there were these

1:37.2

two men going after them.

1:39.6

Men I didn't recognize in a black speedboat.

1:46.4

There were these scratches on the trees,

1:49.2

these very specific marks.

1:52.7

The boat must have come crashing into the riverbank at speed

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