So far, a fisherman who police say confessed to killing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested, along with two others
Brazilian federal police on Sunday said that five more suspects helped hide the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, after having already arrested three men for their murder in the Amazon rainforest.
So far, Amarildo da Costa Oliveira, a fisherman who police say confessed to killing the two victims, his brother, Oseney da Costa, and a third man, Jeferson da Silva Lima, have been arrested. They were reported missing on June 5 after travelling together by boat through the Javari Valley, a remote region bordering Peru and Colombia. According to police, both were shot with hunting ammunition.
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