Bruno Pereira

Bruno da Cunha Araújo Pereira (15 August 1980 – 5 June 2022) He was an expert on uncontacted or recently contacted indigenous people in the country and on the Vale do Javari.

Early life and education Pereira was born as the second of the three sons to Max Pereira Pereira and Maria das Graças da Cunha on 15 August 1980 in Recife. His father worked as a sales executive in the aluminum and glass industries and his mother was an employee of Brazil government's pension office.

Career

Pereira worked for a period at the (INSS) in Recife. After getting a job in the environmental program at the Balbina Hydroelectric Power Plant, Pereira went to the Amazon region.

According to indigenous entities, Pereira was constantly threatened by miners, loggers, and fishermen.

Pereira also coordinated a project to equip indigenous people to defend their territory with drones, computers and training. Pereira claimed that the invaders felt more at ease as a result of the permissiveness of the public authorities, and surveillance has undergone a continuous weakening process.

Murder

Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips received death threats for helping to protect Indigenous people of Amazonas from illegal drug traffickers, miners, loggers, and hunters. They were reported missing in early June 2022 while they were on a trip in the Vale do Javari. A confession of murder led to the discovery of their bodies; both had been shot to death. He was 41 years old.