Hi, Park Enthusias, I'm your host, Delia Diambra, and I know I told you we were off this week,

but I wanted to make sure you guys got your fix.

Today's episode, The Amazon, is when I covered a few years ago on the show, but there have

been a few updates in the case since it first came out, so I wanted to get it in your ears again.

This story hits especially close to home for me because I'm a working journalist,

and even though this show isn't one where I always feature my own original reporting,

I know all too well from producing another show I host called Countercloc,

that sometimes being the person who's examining and uncovering controversial issues

comes with a certain level of danger.

Today's story is about exactly that, two men, an indigenous and a British journalist who were

determined to expose illegal natural resource extraction happening in the Amazon, but ultimately

paid the price for their righteous endeavor with their lives.

Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips's case unfolded in the summer of 2022

in one of the most beautiful and dangerous landscapes in the world,

South America's Javari Valley in the Amazon.

This region is one of the most remote places on the planet and is situated where

the borders of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet. It's made up of tens of thousands of square

miles of thick jungle and waterways, and it's not the kind of place you want to wander into on

your own. According to the news source, France 24, for decades, this region has been plagued with violent crime, drug trafficking, and illegal fishing and logging on protected lands.

The natural camouflage the Amazon provides is the main reason why criminals conducting these illegal activities operate there.

Depending on which source material you read, there are

anywhere from 20 to 26 different indigenous groups living in the valley, a dozen or so of which

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