The announcement seemed to bring a bleak conclusion to the disappearance of journalist Dom Phillips and government official Bruno Pereira inside one of the most remote areas of the country, which has confused this nation and drawn attention to the continuing crime that is destroying the largest rainforest in the world. Authorities say the fisherman confessed to setting an ambush on Phillips, based in Brazil a Guardian contributor and former Washington Post contract writer, and Pereira, a longtime Brazilian Home Affairs Officer, this month in an uninhabited section of a river leading to the town of Atalaia do Norte. The human remains, he said, have been sent for analysis. The man police said confessed to the crime, Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, was said to have threatened Pereira. Oliveira, 41, known as “Pelado”, was arrested last week. Pereira was Investigation of criminal activity by foreigners inside the shelter of the natives of the Javari valley. Brazil has apologized for saying the bodies of the journalist’s family were found “Our first mission was to find them alive, but unfortunately we are bringing this sad news to family, friends and the international press,” said Detective Guilherme Torres. The announcement was mourned by the natives with whom Pereira worked and whose fight against the illegal invasions is documented by Phillips. “An incalculable loss,” Univaja, the local indigenous association, said in a statement. “He made a lot of stories against gold mining and environmental issues,” Bolsonaro said. “In that area, an extremely isolated area, he did not like a lot of people. He should have doubled his focus on taking care of himself. “But he decided to make this trip.” Pereira and Phillips were last seen alive early in the morning of June 5, when they left a meeting with residents of a riverside community. The initial hopes that the men were lost or suffered a mechanical problem quickly gave way to suspicions of a foul. Read the work of British journalist Dom Phillips Pereira, who was mapping criminal activity in the valley and working with an indigenous surveillance team to track down and repel illegal intruders trying to strip her of her resources, had been threatened with the project. A threat sent to the Indigenous organization with which he was working mentioned him by name and warned that “it will be worse for you” if they did not stop trying to repel the illegal invasions. Sampaio said Phillips had not told her he was threatened either before or during the mission. He said he spoke “generally” that Pereira had been threatened and that the area was in conflict. Phillips and Pereira were armed, Eliesio Marubo, if Univaja’s lawyer told investigators. Marumbo said he received a message from Pereira as the journey was about to begin. Pereira was worried about a meeting they were going to have on June 5 with a local fisherman, who has been accused of fishing illegally inside Indigenous territory. He said that “it could end up being a problem”. Hopes fade, anger grows over disappearance of British journalist in Brazil The men met with an indigenous monitoring team, who said they had contacted fishermen. One of the fishermen allegedly threw a shotgun at the monitoring team, a witness said in an investigation report sent by federal police to Brazil’s Supreme Court this week. Police accuse Pelando of firing on local Funai base earlier An indigenous agency for which Pereira had worked. Police arrested Costa de Oliveira shortly after the men disappeared. They said they found blood on his boat and brought ammunition to his house. Gabriela Sá Pessoa in Sao Paulo contributed to this exhibition.
