The journalist and the expert of the native populations had disappeared on June 5 in northwestern Brazil. The remains of Mr. Phillips were identified on Friday, while the police confirmed on Saturday that the others were indeed those of M. Pereira.
Le Monde with AFP
Brazilian police confirmed, Saturday, June 18, that the Brazilian expert of the native populations Bruno Pereira and the British journalist Dom Phillips, whose remains were found in an isolated area of the Amazon, had been killed by “” firearm “.
The remains of Mr. Pereira “are one of those” found by the investigators, also announced the Brazilian federal police (PF) in a press release. Friday, she had already said that first human remains discovered on Wednesday on the indication of a suspect were those of Dom Phillips. Mr. Pereira was reached by three shots, including one in the head, and Mr. Phillips by a bullet in the chest, specified the federal police. “True”>
They were seen for the last time on June 5, while taking a boat to Atalaia do Norte (northwest), in the Javari valley, a reputedly dangerous area where multiple drug trafficking are deployed, illegal fishing or gold panning.
Three arrested suspects, a fourth sought
m. Phillips, 57, long -standing collaborator of the newspaper The Guardian, and Mr. Pereira, 41, recognized expert in native peoples, were in the Amazon as part of the writing of a book on environmental preservation.
A third suspect in these murders went to the Atalaia Do Norte police station on Saturday morning in the State of Amazonas (West), the PF also announced. Man is known to be “an outlaw,” she added. According to all the evidence and testimonies collected, the latter “was on the scene of the crime and actively participated in the double homicide,” said police commissioner Alex Perez Timóteo at the information site G1.
A first suspect was arrested on June 7: a 41 -year -old fisherman, who admitted Tuesday that he had buried the bodies. A second suspect was arrested on Tuesday. According to local media, the police are looking for a fourth suspect, information that has not been officially confirmed.
This double murder has caused a wave of indignation in the world, with strong criticism of the far -right president Jair Bolsonaro, accused of promoting deforestation and encouraging the exploitation of resources in Amazon since his arrival in power in 2019.