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Tourist Risks His Life to Save Cell Phone in National Park and Faces Heavy Fine of R $ 7,8 Thousand Applied After Filming Circulate on the Web

A tourist was fined R$ 7,800 by the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) after jumping into the waters of the Iguaçu Falls to recover a cell phone. The episode took place in June, in the Iguaçu National Park, in Foz do Iguaçu, in the West of Paraná. Images recorded by other visitors recorded the moment in [...]

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New images show a tourist who jumped in the Iguaçu Falls on the edge of the waterfalls The tourist who was caught jumping in the waters of the Iguaçu Falls to recover a cell phone who fell was fined R$ 7,800 by the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The episode happened in June, in the Iguaçu National Park, in Foz do Iguaçu, in the West of Paraná. In the images, he appears hanging himself in the umbrella of the catwalk…

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The Brazilian tourist who jumped the security grid of the Iguaçu Falls, in Foz do Iguaçu, in the west of...

Episode happened in June of this year and was flagged by other visitors, who recorded the impressive scene

Infraction occurred in the Gate of the Devil's Throat; the penalty applied by the ICMBio was almost R$ 8 thousand. Read in the Tribune of Paraná:

The visitor who crossed the security barriers in the Devil's Throat received an economic sanction from the Chico Mendes Institute. Park authorities recalled that it is forbidden to bypass the railings and put the focus on the risk of the rescue.

A tourist was fined R$ 7,800 by the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) after jumping into the waters of the Iguaçu Falls to recover a cell phone. The episode took place in June, in the Iguaçu National Park, in Foz do Iguaçu, in the West of Paraná. Images recorded by other visitors recorded the moment in [...]

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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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