Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira, a Brazilian indigenous expert, disappeared more than a week ago in a remote part of the Itaquai River. Band News reported Wednesday that Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira and his brother Oseney da Costa de Oliveira admitted to killing them. The Band also reported that federal police said the suspects dismembered the bodies, set them on fire and threw them into a ditch. Image: Dom Phillips According to his confession, Oseney Oliveira apparently went to the police on the spot. Mr Phillips, 57, and Mr Pereira, 41, were last seen on June 5 near the entrance to the Javari Indigenous Territory, which borders Peru and Colombia. Allegations of torture The brothers, both 41-year-old fishermen, are being held at the police station in Atalaia do Norte, the nearest town. Amarildo Oliveira fired a rifle at Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira the day before they disappeared, according to locals who were with them. However, he denies doing anything wrong and claims that the military police tortured him to get a confession, his family said. Mr Phillips has been in Brazil for more than 15 years for newspapers such as The Guardian, the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Financial Times.
