British journalist Dom Phillips and Amazon expert Bruno Pereira disappeared on 5 June. The pair were allegedly killed by an armed criminal gang involved in illegal fishing. Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June. According to the police, Colombia would be the leader and financier of an armed criminal gang involved in illegal fishing that was smuggled out to the neighbouring countries. Pereira, the former senior official at the federal indigenous affairs agency Funai, had previously clashed with Amarildo over illegal fishing within the indigenous territory.

Source: News 24 August 07, 2022 19:55 UTC