Quick Glance: Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Known criminals accused of double homicide in the Amazon region
- Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian indigenous expert, and British journalist Dom Phillips were murdered in the Brazilian Amazon.
- According to the investigation, "Colômbia" had direct contact with Amarildo da Costa Oliveira, who is currently in prison and has confessed to his involvement in Bruno and Dom's deaths.
- Three people have been charged with murder.
- Another Costa Oliveira sibling is being investigated.
The murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon jungle shocked the world.
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Quick Glance: Brazilian police confirm journalist Dom Phillips' death after he was shot with hunting ammo.
- Following the days-long search for a missing British journalist and a missing indigenous expert in the Brazilian rainforest, there are growing signs of a violent act: According to the Federal Police, the remains discovered in the Amazon region have been assigned to reporters Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.
- Both had been shot dead, according to the Federal Police.
- The accused murder's motive was initially unknown.
- From the start, the indigenous people of the region had pushed the hunt for the missing.
Quick Glance: Brazil police continue to seek for a British journalist, suspect confesses:
- NORTH ATALAIA — Investigators announced on Wednesday that they discovered human remains in their search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira after a suspect confessed to killing them in the Amazon rainforest.
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- According to detective Eduardo Fontes, the suspect, a fisherman who had a falling out with Pereira over his efforts to curb illicit fishing on indigenous land, led authorities to a secluded burial spot where the remains were discovered.
Quick Glance: Tributes pour in for British reporter Dom Phillips, who was feared slain in the Amazon.
- 1/3] Federal investigators officials carry a coffin holding human remains after a suspect confessed to killing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira and led investigators to the location of remains, on June 16, 2022, at the Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil.
- "Now we can bring them home and say goodbye with love," Alessandra Sampaio, Phillips' wife, said.
- According to Survival International, Phillips and Pereira are the latest victims of a battle being waged by Bolsonaro and his farm industry supporters in Brazil over protected indigenous lands.
- Phillips enjoyed cooking and paddle-boarding on a daily basis.
Quick Glance: Brazil police apprehend a third suspect in the murder of a British journalist and indigenous specialist.
- "The detainee will be questioned and referred to a custody hearing," according to police.
- According to police, both were shot with hunting ammo, with Pereira being hit once in the head and twice in the chest and abdomen.
- Phillips had a gunshot wound to the torso.
- Phillips, a freelance journalist who had previously written for the Guardian and the Washington Post, was conducting research for a book about the trip with Pereira, a former head of isolated and recently contacted tribes at the government indigenous affairs agency Funai.
Quick Glance: Possible human remains discovered in the Amazon search for missing journalist Dom Phillips
- According to local authorities, possible human remains have been discovered in an Amazon rainforest hunt for a missing British journalist and his Brazilian partner.
- Mr Phillips' sister Sian's partner, Paul Sherwood, described allegations that police discovered human remains while searching for Mr Phillips and Brazilian indigenous affairs official Bruno Araujo as "shocking."
- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has asked Brazilian authorities to "redouble their efforts to find Phillips and Pereira"
- Mr Phillips' sister stated on Thursday that she still believes he will be found.
Quick Glance: Dom Phillips, a British journalist, and expert Bruno Arajo Pereira Missing in the Amazon Following Threats
- Dom Phillips, a Brazilian writer to TheGuardian, was on a reporting trip with Bruno Arajo Pereira, who works to defend uncontacted tribes and has previously received threats from miners and loggers having a vested interest in such tribes' territory.
- Phillips and Pereira took a boat voyage last week, arriving on Friday, according to a statement from a local Indigenous group.
- According to the statement, the men had received threats before to their disappearance.
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