Dom Phillips

2022 - 6 - 18

What drove Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira to risk their lives in the ... (CNN)

British journalist Dom Phillips (L) and indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira. Getty Images/National Indian Foundation FUNAI. São Paulo CNN —.

Having just returned from a trip in the rainforest, his feet and legs covered with mosquito bites, Pereira described a backlash from criminal groups to indigenous territorial patrols. "He wasn't afraid to do the right thing. Pereira last year lamented the diminished state of Brazil's environmental and indigenous protection agencies under Bolsonaro's presidency. Across Brazil, standing up to illegal activity in the Amazon can be deadly, as CNN has previously reported. Pereira, a 41-year-old father of three, spent much of his life in service of the country's indigenous peoples since joining the Brazilian government's indigenous agency (FUNAI) in 2010. Criminal activity there often passes under the radar, or is confronted only by indigenous patrols -- sometimes ending in bloody conflict.

Brazil police arrest third suspect in killings of Dom Phillips and ... (The Guardian)

Jefferson da Silva Lima turned himself in to Amazon police as autopsy finds journalist and indigenous expert were shot.

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. He told officers that he used a firearm to commit the crime. It said the autopsy indicated the use of a “firearm with typical hunting ammunition”.

Dom Phillips knew risks but was committed to his work, sister says (The Guardian)

British journalist whose body was found in Brazilian Amazon believed book he was working on was 'urgent', says Sian Phillips.

“He planned these trips and Bruno was the guy who understood this part of the world better than probably any non-Indigenous person. Police were led to the site by one of two brothers arrested for their part in the killing. He expected to finish writing the manuscript by the end of this year.

Dom Phillips: Third man arrested by police investigating Amazon ... (The Independent)

But family and friends are said to fear a cover-up after police said suspects were not acting on orders from anyone else.

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Remains of British journalist Dom Phillips found in Brazil, minister ... (expressandstar.com)

Forensic investigators made the identification on Friday after the prime suspect of Brazilian police confessed to killing Guardian contributor Mr Phillips and ...

Mr Watts said the president, who earlier accused Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira of taking an “adventure” that was “ill-advised”, had “encouraged illegal logging and mining, dismissed indigenous land rights, attacked conservation groups, and slashed the budgets and personnel of forest and indigenous protection agencies”. “Work is ongoing for a complete identification of the remains so we can determine the cause of death, and also the dynamics of the crime and the hiding of the bodies.” “The police refused to put a helicopter in the air after the two men were reported missing, and the military said it had the capacity to search but wasted more than a day while waiting for orders,” he wrote. “We want the kind of justice that makes it possible for journalists and protectors of the rainforest to feel that they are safe in continuing to report from and help the indigenous people.” “There is a lot of drug trafficking as well as organised crime involved in the poaching of fish. “The rights of the indigenous people have been rolled back.”

Dom Phillips: Third man arrested in Brazilian murder probe of Brit ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Police have also arrested Amarildo da Costa Oliveir, who confessed to killing the two men, and his brother Oseney da Costa de Oliveira who was taken into ...

The grim discovery of the bodies brought to an end to a 10-day search in the country's far west that involved the army, navy and police. Phillips and Pereira vanished on June 5 during a trip in the Javari Valley in the far western part of Amazonas state. "The detainee will be questioned and referred to a custody hearing," the force said in a statement.

Dom Phillips: Third suspect arrested over killing of British journalist ... (Sky News)

The reporter - and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira - were last seen on their boat on the Itaquai River two weeks ago.

She added: "We also begin our quest for justice. A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a British journalist in the Amazon. The reporter - and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira - were last seen on their boat on the Itaquai River two weeks ago.