Brazil: Police make second arrest in connection with missing pair in Amazon
15 June 2022 |
11:37 am
Brazilian police arrested a fisherman, who is the brother of the prime suspect, in the case of the disappearance of Bruno Pereira and Dom Philips. The search for the two is still ongoing.
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