Fourth arrest in Amazon murders of journalist, guide: police
- 09-Jul-2022
Rio de Janeiro: A fourth person has been arrested as part of the investigation into the killings last month of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, authorities said on Friday. The man presented himself to police to deny claims in the press that he may have ordered the […]
Brazilian police find boat of murdered British journalist, guide
- 21-Jun-2022
ATALAIA DO NORTE: Brazilian police said Monday they had found the boat in which British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian expert guide Bruno Pereira were travelling before they were killed in the Amazon. The boat was found Sunday night some 20 meters (65 feet) under water and 30 meters from the right bank of […]
Police confirm ID of Brazilian guide in Amazon double killing
- 19-Jun-2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police said Saturday. A day after investigators identified remains found buried in a remote part of the Amazon as those of Phillips, officials said a […]
US urges ‘accountability’ in Brazil for murdered journalist, expert
- 18-Jun-2022
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert, as it hailed defenders of the rainforest. State Department spokesman Ned Price offered condolences to the families of journalist Dom Phillips and his expert guide Bruno Pereira, saying they were “murdered for […]