BRASILIA—Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June. Police said in a statement that seven arrest warrants were issued for illegal fishing in the Vale do Javari region, the remote area close…
Brazil Police Arrest 5 More in Murders of British Journalist, Amazon Expert
Brazil: Police Arrest 3Rd Suspect in Amazon Deaths
BRASILIA, Brazil—Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested. The pair went missing almost two weeks ago; Phillips’ killing was confirmed after forensic exams; other remains are believed to belong to Pereira. Police said in a statement that…
Suspect Confesses to Shooting UK Journalist and Brazilian Guide, Leads Police to Bodies
The main suspect in the investigation into missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has confessed to killing the men, a Brazilian police investigator said on Wednesday. The suspect, 41-year-old fisherman Amarido da Costa de Oliveira, known locally as “Pelado,” led police to the remains, which are yet to be formally identified….
Brazil’s Police Take Suspect to Area of Search for 2 Missing
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian police on Wednesday took a suspect out on the river toward search parties looking for remains of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Both disappeared on June 5. An Associated Press photographer in Atalaia do Norte witnessed police taking the suspect, who was in a hood, on a…
Belongings of Missing Men Found Tied Underwater in Amazon
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazil’s search for an Indigenous expert and a journalist who disappeared in a restive area of the Amazon a week ago advanced with the discovery of a backpack, laptop, and other personal belongings of the men submerged in a river. The items were found Sunday afternoon, and were carried by Federal Police…
Brazil Police Find Apparent Human Remains in River Where Reporter Vanished
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian search teams have found “apparently human” remains in the river where a British journalist was last seen in the Amazon rainforest, police said on Friday, in what may be the biggest break yet for the five-day investigation. The “organic material” is being sent for forensic analysis, federal police said, along with…
Fisherman Who Saw Missing British Journalist Arrested in Brazil on Weapons Charge
RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian police investigating a missing British journalist and an indigenous expert in the Amazon jungle have arrested a man on a weapons charge, but have no evidence to tie him to their disappearance, police and the detainee’s lawyer told Reuters. Witnesses said they last saw Dom Phillips, a freelancer who has written for…
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