Indigenous and family mourn expert killed in the Amazon

Indigenous people attend the funeral of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira at the Morada da Paz cemetery, in Recife, Pernambuco state, Friday, June 24...

July 1, 2022
4:24 PM

Indigenous people attend the funeral of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira at the Morada da Paz cemetery, in Recife, Pernambuco state, Friday, June 24, 2022. Indigenous groups, family and friends paid their final respects to Pereira as he was laid to rest in his hometown of Recife. Pereira was killed in the Amazon region with the British journalist Dom Phillips. (AP Photo/Teresa Maia) RECIFE, Brazil — Members of Brazilian Indigenous groups, friends and family members gathered Friday to mourn Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples who was killed with a British journalist during a trip to the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

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