São Paulo, Brazil:
Brazilian officials said on Wednesday that they were searching for a British journalist who had been missing in the South American country for 11 days. The Public Safety Secretariat of Sao Paulo said in a statement sent to the AFP that the police were investigating to find out the missing person and clarify the facts. “
The association of foreign press reporters in Brazil (ACIE) on Tuesday raised the alarm on the disappearance of 32 -year -old Charlotte Ellis Pete.
Pete, a freelance reporter, who describes himself as fluent in Portuguese on his linked -in profile, was last heard on 8 February when he contacted a friend at Rio de Janeiro through WhatsApp, Said that he planned to travel to the city from Sao Paulo and needed a place. To live.
A few days later, Pete’s family in Britain contacted the same friend, stating that they had lost contact with her.
The association of foreign reporters said that Peat had worked as a freelance reporter from Rio de Janeiro two years before returning to London.
She returned to Brazil in November last year, saying in the statement.
While living in Brazil, Peat reported for various publications, such as Al Jazeera, The Times of London and The Evening Standard, he wrote on LinkedIn.
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