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Rio Negro (Agenzia Fides) – A prison ministry worker and lay missionary, Pedro Fukuyei Yamaguchi Ferreira of the Diocese of San Gabriel da Cachoeira, in the Amazon (Brazil), was found dead after he was reported missing the afternoon of June 1. About 100 soldiers of the Army and Navy were involved in the search for the missionary. It seems that he was dragged by a strong current while swimming in the river Rio Negro, in the region of San Gabriel. According to note sent by Fides, the missionary, age 27, had been three months on a mission in the Amazon, as a member of the Missionary Project South 1 – North 1 of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB). He previously worked for three years as a volunteer lawyer in Prison Ministry in the Archdiocese of São Paulo. The body of the young missionary was found in the river that borders San Gabriel da Cachoeira, 858 km from Manaus. According to the Fire Department, the boy had been dragged for about 40 km. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 06/05/2010)
