May raised the Phillips case during questions from the Prime Minister, citing correspondence with Phillips’s niece Dominique Davis, one of her constituents. Johnson said the UK had offered to provide support to Brazilian search teams looking for Phillips and his traveler, Bruno Pereira, a native specialist. Forensic teams have examined an area where indigenous volunteer investigators found items belonging to the two missing on Saturday afternoon. However, contrary to the information provided to the Phillips family by the embassy, the men have not yet been found. In the Commonwealth exchange, May called on the government to “make the case a diplomatic priority and… do everything possible to ensure that the Brazilian authorities have the necessary resources to uncover the truth to find out what happened to the Dom and Bruno “. Johnson said the government would provide any support needed to help uncover the couple’s disappearance. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST “We are deeply concerned about what may have happened to him,” he said. “[Foreign Office] officials are now working closely with the Brazilian authorities, the minister in charge has repeatedly raised the issue of the search and rescue effort with the Brazilian Minister of Justice and Public Security. “We have told the Brazilians that we are ready to provide all the support they may need.” Police in Brazil announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a second man in connection with the “alleged murder” of Phillips and Pereira. Federal police said they seized a set of calyxes and a paddle while executing two search warrants.
