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Judi Lynn

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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:22 AM Nov 6

Alleged mastermind in murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira formally charged

Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in Amazon

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Mon 4 Nov 2024 09.41 EST

Federal police in Brazil have formally charged the alleged mastermind of the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, accusing him of arming and funding the criminal group responsible for the crime as well as plotting to hide the victims’ bodies.

In a statement released on Monday morning, police in the Amazon city of Manaus announced they had concluded the two-year investigation into the shootings of the British journalist and the Brazilian Indigenous expert in June 2022.

Police said their final report identified nine people who had played some role in killings that drew attention to the criminal assault on the world’s largest tropical rainforest and the Indigenous communities that call that region home.

Those alleged culprits included the main architect of the murders who police claimed “provided the rounds for the crime to be carried out, offered financial support to the criminal organisation’s activities, and was involved in coordinating the concealment of the corpses of the victims”.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/04/alleged-mastermind-dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-murders-formally-charged-brazil






Journalist Dom Phillips (C) talks with Indigenous people at the Aldeia Maloca Papiú, Roraima State, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2019. JOAO LAET / AFP via Getty Images





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