Brazil: River pirates?

Missing American Family Found Safe in Brazil’s Amazon. Family, missing since Sunday, had been on a barge that was said to be attacked by pirates

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Piracy is believed to be on the rise on the rivers of northern Brazil, a vast and sparsely populated territory with a flourishing drug trade. In September a British tourist, 43-year-old Emma Kelty, was killed by a river gang known as the Water Rats while kayaking on the Solimões River, according to Amazonas state police.