Another Brit vanishes in Peru as Jamie Cooke isn't seen in 3 days & family fly out for search – amid Hannah Almond case
Jamie Cooke, 39, was last seen in the city of
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Brit man Jamie Cooke has disappeared in Peru
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He was last seen in the city of Miraflores on Monday
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His family have now launched an urgent hunt for the missing Brit
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His family has now
It comes as Brit backpacker Hannah Almond, who also disappeared in Peru, was
Sister Jade McKay said she flew out to Peru with her partner in a bid to find her missing brother.
In a public posting urging people to help find Jamie, she wrote: "My brother, Jamie Cooke, 39 years old, is missing in Peru.
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"I have travelled from the UK to search for him and am currently in Miraflores with my partner.
"We are very worried and would appreciate any information from UK citizens travelling in the area.
"Please share and contact us if you have any news."
Ms McKay shared two pictures of Jamie as part of her appeal to find him.
And anyone with information about the Brit's disappearance has been urged to come forward as soon as possible.
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An FCDO spokesperson told The Sun: 'We are supporting the family of a British man reported as missing in Peru and are in contact with his local authorities.'
The Sun has reached out to Jamie's family for further details.
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It comes as Brit woman Hannah Almond continues to live on the streets after she became too terrified to trust anyone.
Ms Almond, 32,
The yoga-loving fashion graduate from Grimsby had
Locals torched her few remaining belongings in a sickening attack.
After three days without contact, friends feared the worst.
But a man she met briefly in Lima caught a flight to Cusco and 'just started wandering the streets asking after her' until he found her slumped on the pavement.
Despite being located, Ms Almond is still sleeping rough and refusing support – including food, shelter, and help from the British embassy – due to trauma from the robbery that's left her terrified of strangers.
One of her pals has now flown from the UK in a desperate bid to persuade her to return home before she disappears again.
Piero Villanueva, the man who found the Brit, revealed their emotional reunion and said she immediately recognised him and began crying.
He told local media: 'I have just found her. She is safe and well.
'Hannah recognised me and approached me crying and I asked her to leave with me. Thanks God she's safe.'
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Hannah Almond has been found after she was feared missing in Peru
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Piero Villanueva, who briefly met Hannah in Lima, managed to track her down and find the Brit backpacker
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Piero, who met Hannah briefly in Lima earlier in her trip, travelled to Cusco after seeing news of her disappearance on social media.
'I decided to travel to Cusco at the request of her friends and family,' he said.
'I wanted to come and help find her and assist her because she didn't have money or her passport and other documents because she had been robbed.'
He confirmed he is in touch with Hannah's family, the British Consul, and a friend flying in from the UK.
'A friend of Hannah is arriving in Cusco today and I'm talking with him to be able to assist her,' he said.
'We have to see now what's going to happen, talk with Hannah's mum and see what she wants to do,' he added.
'Hannah and her mum haven't spoken yet. I'm talking with her mum but she's an elderly lady and we don't want to worry her anymore.'
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Footage from local media shows the pair together walking through Cusco together shortly after their reunion
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