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Ceará Sends Certified Canine Teams as Maranhão Intensifies 11-Day Search for Two Missing Children

Specialized canine teams with drones reinforce a 500-person search across dense forest and waterways.

Overview

  • Ágatha Isabelle and Allan Michael vanished on January 4 after going out to play in the Quilombo de São Sebastião dos Pretos, in Bacabal.
  • Five firefighters from Ceará arrived with four Ligabom-certified dogs and thermal-camera drones to conduct area sweeps and odor-specific tracking.
  • Maranhão fire department divers began sweeping Lago Limpo on Wednesday, expanding checks of lakes and the Mearim River.
  • Authorities are coordinating roughly 500 responders from ICMBio, fire departments, Civil and Military Police, municipal guards, the Army, quilombola residents and volunteers using geolocation apps to map coverage.
  • The Polícia Civil and the IPCA continue the investigation, with the multidisciplinary team having interviewed the third child found on January 7, whose exams indicated no sexual abuse.