The Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, has recounted the tense moment he and the search team discovered the belongings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in a hidden area of flooded forest. The discovery marked a breakthrough in the investigation into the men's disappearance.
The episode, originally broadcast on 16 June, is part of the Guardian Investigates series and is being re-aired during the summer break of Today in Focus, which returns on 1 September. Listeners are warned that the episode contains descriptions of violence and some swearing.
The search team's find ultimately led to the grim confirmation of what had happened to the two men, who had been ambushed in the Amazon. The details of the ambush and the subsequent discovery are explored in depth in the episode.
