The “organic material” is being sent for forensic analysis, federal police said, along with blood found on a suspect’s boat
that will be compared with genetic material from journalist Dom Phillips and travel companion, indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.
Police have said Costa was one of the last people to see Phillips and Pereira on Sunday, when they went missing after visiting the fisherman’s riverside community of Sao Gabriel.Article contenttap here to see other videos from our teamEliesio Morubo, the lawyer for the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley , said the judge agreed to keep the fisherman jailed for 30 days because the case involved a possible “heinous crime” such as murder and hiding bodies.
The state public defender’s office confirmed Costa was being kept in police custody while authorities investigate whether he was involved in the case.Article content The pair’s disappearance has echoed globally, with Brazilian icons from soccer great Pele to singer Caetano Veloso joining politicians, environmentalists and human rights activists in urging President Jair Bolsonaro to step up the search for them.Article content
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Apparent human remains found in Brazil where missing journalist and researcher were headingSearch teams in Brazil found what appear to be human remains near the area where British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira were headed before they went missing, police said Friday.
Read more »
Brazil police probe ties to illegal fishing in case of missing British journalist | CBC NewsBrazilian police investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Amazon rainforest are focusing on people involved in illegal fishing and poaching in Indigenous lands, three officers told Reuters.
Read more »
Brazil police probe ties to illegal fishing in case of missing British journalistBrazil police focus on illegal fishers, poachers in investigation into missing British journalist
Read more »
Bolsonaro tilts towards closer Brazil-U.S. ties at unlikely meeting with BidenBolsonaro interested in forming closer ties with U.S.
Read more »
Apparent human remains found in Brazil where missing journalist and researcher were headingSearch teams in Brazil found what appear to be human remains near the area where British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira were headed before they went missing, police said Friday.
Read more »