The disappearance of young Roger Matos dos Santos, aged 18, is less than a year old this Sunday (15). The case mobilized rescue teams, gained great repercussion in the state and remains without an outcome.
Roger disappeared on March 15, 2025, when he was on the river with friends. At the time, the Acre River was experiencing a significant rise in water levels due to flooding, a situation that hampered search operations carried out by .
Shortly after the disappearance, divers and specialized teams began an intensive operation in the region. Firefighters carried out searches in different sections of the river and used surface and submerged scanning techniques in an attempt to locate the young man.
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According to the corporation, the conditions of the spring, with strong currents and a large number of rafters, made the operation more complex. Even in the face of difficulties, the teams extended the search period beyond the protocol normally adopted in similar cases.
Case had repercussions on the state
Roger’s disappearance gained great repercussion on social media and in media outlets in Acre. During the searches carried out last year, family members followed the work of the rescue teams and asked for support to intensify operations.
In interviews at the time, the young man’s mother reported the pain caused by the lack of answers and the uncertainty about her son’s whereabouts.
One year later
12 months after the disappearance, the case remains unclear. The searches carried out at the time did not locate the young man, and the episode remains marked as one of the cases that most mobilized rescue operations on the Acre River during the flood period in 2025.
The Acre River tends to experience strong currents during floods, a situation that can make rescue operations difficult and increase the risks for those who enter the waters of the source.
