The British journalist was killed along with an Brazilian indigenous expert in the Amazon last year.
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were killed as they were travelling down a river in the Amazon last yearPolice in Brazil have charged two more men over the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.
Bruno Pereira, 41, who had denounced illegal fishing in the region, was helping veteran journalist Dom Phillips, 57, with his research for a book on conservation efforts in the Amazon region., Colombian national Rubén Villar ran an illegal fishing racket in the Javari Valley, a remote area near Brazil's border with Peru and Colombia.
Police say that in the recordings, Rubén Villar can be heard warning his cell mate not to tell officers that it had been he, Rubén Villar, who had provided the ammunition used to kill the two men. Pereira, who tried to convince residents to stop illegal hunting and fishing, was well-known in these riverside communities and police think Rubén Villar's illegal fishing racket was monitoring his activities.
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