A searching mission was organised by the Brazilian Navy to rescue the British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

According to Reuters “the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (UNIVAJA) said threats had been received in recent days.”

The two men were working in a remote part of Brazil’s Amazon region, a local Indigenous association said Monday.The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers and government agents.

Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira were last seen at 7 a.m. on Sunday in the Sao Rafael community, according to the Unijava association of Indigenous people in the Vale do Javari, for which Pereira has been an advisor.

They were returning by boat from the Vale do Javari and bound for the city of Atalaia do Norte, about an hour away, but never showed up.

Univaja said the two had been threatened during their current reporting trip.

Aljazeera/Agencies.