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Brazil indigenous defender, sidelined under Bolsonaro, gave life for 'abandoned' tribes

Six tribes from Brazil's remote Javari Valley packed into an assembly hall on June 11 to lament the disappearance of Bruno Pereira, an advisor to their collective, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist reporting on his work.

Reuters

Dom Phillips: Third man arrested by police investigating Amazon killings

But family and friends are said to fear a cover-up after police said suspects were not acting on orders from anyone else

The Independent UK

Brazil: police arrest 3rd suspect in Amazon deaths

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

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Brazil police arrest third suspect in murder of British journalist and indigenous expert

Brazilian federal police on Saturday said they had arrested a third suspect in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest nearly two weeks ago.

Reuters

‘Bolsonaro’s fingerprints are all over this’: how president’s war on Amazon played part in double killing

Brazil’s leader has steadily attacked those defending the region where journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira lost their lives

The Guardian - UK

Dom Phillips knew risks but was committed to his work, sister says

British journalist whose body was found in Brazilian Amazon believed book he was working on was ‘urgent’, says Sian Phillips

The Guardian - UK

Brazil Indigenous expert was 'bigger target' in recent years

Before disappearing in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, Bruno Pereira was laying the groundwork for a mammoth undertaking: a 350-kilometer (217-mile) trail marking the southwestern border of the Javari Valley Indigenous territory, an area the size of Portugal

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A British journalist's remains have been found in Brazil's Amazon, police say

Human remains found deep in Brazil's Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips, according to Brazil's federal police.

WEKU

Remains found in Amazon rainforest were of British journalist Dom Phillips, police say

Suspect confessed to murdering two men before revealing where he hid bodies, according to officers

The Independent UK

Human remains found in Amazon identified as British journalist

The remains have been confirmed as those of Dom Phillips

Manchester Evening News

Brazil police: Remains found those of British journalist

Federal police say that some of the human remains found deep in Brazil’s Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips

The Independent UK

Brazilian police confirm remains of British journalist Dom Phillips found in Amazon

Police in Brazil have confirmed that human remains found in remote Amazon forest is that of the British journalist Dom Phillips.

Evening Standard

BREAKING Dom Phillips: Human remains confirmed as Brit journalist missing in Amazon

Human remains found in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have been confirmed as missing British journalist Dom Phillips, who disappeared alongside Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira

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France 24

Remains of UK journalist identified as US urges ‘accountability’ over Amazon murders

The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert, as it hailed defenders of the rainforest.

Reuters

Remains of British journalist found in Amazon, police name new suspect

A forensic exam carried out on human remains found in the Amazon rainforest confirmed on Friday that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips, Brazil's federal police said, adding that a search was underway for a man suspected of involvement in his killing.

The Guardian - US

How the final journey of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira ended in tragedy

The journalist and Indigenous expert travelled upstream in Brazil’s far western Amazon region, a trip from which they did not return alive

The Guardian - UK

In his own words: Dom Phillips’ reporting on Brazil and the Amazon

Dom Phillips, whose death in the Amazon has shocked many, was a frequent contributor to the Guardian. Here are some of his outstanding pieces of journalism

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Texas Observer

The Ayahuasca King’s Last Tour

Author and journalist Peter Gorman was at home with the jungle, its people, and its mind-altering drugs.

Daily Record

Adventurous shepherd from Perthshire completes epic 230km charity ultra marathon in the Amazon rainforest

Shauney Watson (26), who is based in the Caputh and Dunkeld area, ran five marathons in five days through the tropical jungle

Evening Standard

Dom Phillips: More arrests expected as tests begin on human remains found in Amazon

Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.

Reuters

Ecuador seeks partner to stop gas flaring as anger rises in the Amazon

Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed deadline, but progress is too slow for nearby communities who allege the flares cause cancer and other illnesses.

Reuters

Tributes pour in for British reporter Dom Phillips, presumed killed in Amazon

Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian isolated tribes expert Bruno Pereira who disappeared in the Amazon 11 days ago and are presumed dead.

The Guardian - US

Police losing narco war in deadly Amazon region where duo disappeared

A key police outpost lies in ruins after a daring raid – a sign of the growing danger in an increasingly lucrative smuggling route

The Independent UK

Journalist’s family are ‘heartbroken’ after murders confirmed in remote Amazon

Dom Phillips’ family said they were “informed that two bodies have been recovered from a remote location after a confession” from a man in custody.

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