Embaixador grego Kyriakos Amiridis está desaparecido no Rio Foto: Reprodução

RIO - O embaixador da Grécia no Brasil Kyriakos Amiridis, de 59 anos, está desaparecido no Rio há três dias. De acordo com informações do Setor de Descoberta de Paradeiros da Delegacia de Homicídios da Baixada Fluminense (DHBF), foi instaurado um procedimento para apurar o desaparecimento. Segundo informações preliminares, ele teria sido visto pela última vez na noite da última segunda-feira no Centro de NOva Iguaçu.

Amiridis, que vive em Brasília, estaria passando férias na cidade. Ele foi cônsul-geral da Grécia no Rio de 2001 a 2004 e assumiu o posto de embaixador da Grécia no Brasil em janeiro deste ano. De acordo com informações do site da embaixada, o grego é casado e tem uma filha.

A polícia pede que quem tiver qualquer informação que auxilie na localização entre em contato com a Central de Atendimento ao Cidadão (CAC) pelos telefones (21) 2334-8823 e 2334-8835 ou pelo chat https://cacpcerj.pcivil.rj.gov.br.</s>Rio de Janeiro - Authorities believe that Greece's ambassador to Brazil was killed at the home his wife kept in the Rio de Janeiro area, a police investigator said on Friday.

Kyriakos Amiridis went missing on Monday in the city of Nova Iguacu, 40km north of Rio de Janeiro. Greece's Embassy in Brasilia said the ambassador had been on vacation near Rio. The couple lived most of the time in Brasilia, the country's capital.

Rio de Janeiro police investigator Giniton Lages told The Associated Press that blood spots believed to be those of the ambassador were found on a sofa inside the home of his Brazilian wife, Francoise Amiridis. Lages named the wife, along with another woman and two men, as suspects in the case.

The wife was being interrogated at a police station on Friday in connection with her husband's disappearance. Authorities believe she had been having an extramarital affair with a police officer.



Lages said authorities believe the ambassador's body was taken from the house to a car that he had rented on December 21. A burned vehicle matching the description of the rented car was found with a body inside it in Nova Iguacu, but forensics experts have not yet identified the dead person.

The Greek Embassy website in Brazil says Amiridis started his career as diplomat in 1985 in Athens and became Greece's top diplomat in Brazil in 2016.

He earlier was Greece's ambassador to Libya and worked as consul in Rio from 2001-2004.</s>Rio de Janeiro police say Greek ambassador to Brazil is missing

SAO PAULO, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Greece's ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, and Rio de Janeiro state police said there was still no sign of the diplomat as of Thursday night.

Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was last seen Monday evening leaving the home of friends of his Brazilian wife in a poor and violent suburb of Rio's metropolitan area, the police said.

A Rio state police official said the ambassador's wife reported him as missing on Wednesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the case.

Rio police inspector Evaristo Pontes told the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that he does not believe the ambassador was kidnapped.

"We're following some leads, but not that one. If it had been (a kidnapping), those who took him would have made contact by now," he said.

An official at the Greek Embassy in Brasilia would not confirm the ambassador was missing, saying only that he was on vacation in Rio and expected to return to Brasilia on Jan. 9.

Amiridis previously served as Greece's consul general in Rio from 2001 to 2004.

More recently he was Greece's ambassador to Libya from 2012 until he took the top Brazil post at the beginning of 2016.

Brazil's Foreign Ministry said it had no comment on the case, other than to say it was being fully pursued by police.

In Athens, Greece's Foreign Ministry had no comment. (Reporting by Brad Brooks in Sao Paulo, Alonso Soto in Brasilia and George Georgiopoulos in Athens; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)</s>SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Greece's ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, Rio de Janeiro state police said on Thursday.

Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis was last seen Monday night in a poor northern suburb in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, the police said.

The police did not provide details on who reported the ambassador missing or what he may have been doing in the area where he was last seen.

A woman at the Greek Embassy in Brasilia said she could not confirm the ambassador was missing, only that he was on vacation in Rio and expected to return to Brasilia on Jan. 9.

The woman spoke on condition of anonymity as she said she was not allowed to talk about the case with the press.

Brazil's Foreign Ministry did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

In Athens, Greece's Foreign Ministry had no comment.</s>Rio de Janeiro, Dec 30: Greece's ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, went missing three days ago near Rio de Janeiro while vacationing with his family, police said today, asking for information that could help locate him." A case has been opened to investigate the ambassador's disappearance," Rio state police said in a statement.

Start the conversation, or Read more at India.com.</s>The missing Greek ambassador to Brazil is found burned in his car

A body has been found inside a burned car with the license plates of the car that the ambassador had rented. Although the post mortem hasn’t been done yet, it seems that the worst scenario has come true.

The car was found near the area where he was last seeing. The police made the announcement early in the morning of Friday.

Nothing is clear yet as to how the ambassador ended up there or who might be responsible for his death. The Rio de Janeiro police was suspicious of the negative outcome of his disappearance and for that reason the Homicide Department was running the investigation.

Based on the limited information available, it is believed that the fire was not the result of a mechanical failure but someone intentionally burned the car.

His wife was the one that contacted the authorities alerting for his disappearance.

From early on, the police had dismissed the possibility of an abduction, as no one had contacted his family or anyone else asking for ransom.</s>Rio de Janeiro police say Greek ambassador to Brazil is missing

SAO PAULO, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Greece's ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, Rio de Janeiro state police said on Thursday.

Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis was last seen Monday night in a poor northern suburb in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, the police said.

The police did not provide details on who reported the ambassador missing or what he may have been doing in the area where he was last seen.

A woman at the Greek Embassy in Brasilia said she could not confirm the ambassador was missing, only that he was on vacation in Rio and expected to return to Brasilia on Jan. 9.

The woman spoke on condition of anonymity as she said she was not allowed to talk about the case with the press.

Brazil's Foreign Ministry did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

In Athens, Greece's Foreign Ministry had no comment. (Reporting by Brad Brooks; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)</s>SAO PAULO: Greece's ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, and Rio de Janeiro state police said there was still no sign of the diplomat as of Thursday night.

Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was last seen Monday evening leaving the home of friends of his Brazilian wife in a poor and violent suburb of Rio's metropolitan area, the police said.

A Rio state police official said the ambassador's wife reported him as missing on Wednesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the case.

Rio police inspector Evaristo Pontes told the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that he does not believe the ambassador was kidnapped.

"We're following some leads, but not that one. If it had been (a kidnapping), those who took him would have made contact by now," he said.

An official at the Greek Embassy in Brasilia would not confirm the ambassador was missing, saying only that he was on vacation in Rio and expected to return to Brasilia on Jan. 9.

Amiridis previously served as Greece's consul general in Rio from 2001 to 2004.

More recently he was Greece's ambassador to Libya from 2012 until he took the top Brazil post at the beginning of 2016.

Brazil's Foreign Ministry said it had no comment on the case, other than to say it was being fully pursued by police.

In Athens, Greece's Foreign Ministry had no comment.</s>Rio de Janeiro police said on Thursday that they are investigating the disappearance of Greece’s ambassador to Brazil.

Kyriakos Amiridis was last seen Monday night, the police said in a statement.

A police spokeswoman later told The Associated Press that a family member reported him missing in the city of Nova Iguacu, 25 miles (40 km) north of Rio. Greece’s Foreign Ministry said he had been on vacation in the Rio area.

The Greek ministry issued a statement saying it had “requested the full mobilization of Brazilian authorities,” but gave no details.

According to the Greek Embassy website in Brazil, Amiridis started his career as a diplomat in 1985 in Athens and became Greece’s top diplomat in Brazil in 2016.

He earlier was Greece’s ambassador to Libya and worked as consul in Rio from 2001 and 2004.

Brazilian news website G1 reported that Amiridis’ wife has an apartment in Nova Iguacu.

The Greek foreign ministry said the embassy in Brasilia was informed Wednesday by people close to the ambassador that they have been unable to communicate with him since Monday.</s>Greece’s ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, and Rio de Janeiro state police said there was still no sign of the diplomat as of Thursday night. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was last seen Monday evening leaving the home of friends of his Brazilian wife in a poor and violent suburb of Rio’s metropolitan area, the police said.

A Rio state police official said the ambassador’s wife reported him as missing on Wednesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the case. Rio police inspector Evaristo Pontes told the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that he does not believe the ambassador was kidnapped.

“We’re following some leads, but not that one. If it had been (a kidnapping), those who took him would have made contact by now,” he said. An official at the Greek Embassy in Brasilia would not confirm the ambassador was missing, saying only that he was on vacation in Rio and expected to return to Brasilia on Jan. 9.

Amiridis previously served as Greece’s consul general in Rio from 2001 to 2004. More recently he was Greece’s ambassador to Libya from 2012 until he took the top Brazil post at the beginning of 2016.

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said it had no comment on the case, other than to say it was being fully pursued by police. In Athens, Greece’s Foreign Ministry had no comment.
The Ambassador of Greece to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, is reported missing while on vacation in Rio de Janeiro. A homicide team is investigating his disappearance.