Police losing narco war in deadly Amazon region where duo disappeared
by Tom Phillips in Puerto Amelia and Dan Collyns in F from Environment | The Guardian on (#60EE8)
A key police outpost lies in ruins after a daring raid - a sign of the growing danger on an increasingly lucrative smuggling route
In the crime-infested tri-border region where Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira disappeared, rumours abound over what happened at Puerto Amelia in January this year.
Were Brazilian drug traffickers responsible for burning the Peruvian police outpost on the River Yavari to the ground?
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