Third suspect arrested in deaths of 2 men in Amazon, Brazilian police say

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Brazil’s federal police say that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested.

Two other men are already in prison for alleged involvement in the killings: Amarildo Oliveira, known as Pelado, and his brother, Oseney de Oliveira, known as Dos Santos.on their boat on the Itaquai river, near the entrance of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which borders Peru and Colombia.

identified as belonging to PhillipsAdditional remains found at the site near the city of Atalaia do Norte were confirmed to belong to Indigenous expert Pereira, 41, according to the police statement on Saturday., and took police to the place where he would have buried the bodies. He told officers that he used a firearm to commit the crime.The area where Phillips and Pereira went missing has seen violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers, and government agents.

 

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