Indigenous groups scour forests and rivers for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Groups search for missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira on the Itaguaí River, in the Javari Valley in Brazil on Thursday. Photograph: João Laet/AFP/Getty Images

Warm rain lashed the speedboat as it barrelled south towards the spot where Binin Matis’s mentor vanished without a trace.

“He was like a father to me,” said the 31-year-old Indigenous leader as his vessel advanced to the U-shaped bend where Bruno Pereira was last seen. “Now he’s gone, I’m not sure what I’ll do.”