A fisherman confesses to Brazilian police that he shot and buried them in the jungle, where authorities found two bodies
Bitter end to the search for the British journalist and indigenous people who have disappeared in the Amazon since day 5. One of the two suspects detained in the case, Amarildo da Cosa de Oliveira, has confessed to shooting them and burying their bodies in an area very difficult to access from the jungle, Brazil’s federal police said. human remains were found at the location indicated by the fisherman. The arrested man told in detail about the crime committed. There was a confrontation. Basically (Oliveira) claims that (they died) with a firearm,” said Eduardo Alexandre Fontes, head of the body on Thursday.
Authorities went to the location specified by the suspect, in the Valle del Yavarí region, and found two bodies. “Because of the confession, there are great possibilities” that they match the ‘freelance’ Dom Phillips and the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, “but we won’t know for sure until after the identification tests.”
Investigations continue to determine the circumstances and motive for the crime, as well as Oliveira’s exact role. His brother Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, who denies taking part in the murder, has also been arrested since Tuesday, although police have “evidence against him”. Fontes added that “we have indications regarding another (third) person we are investigating.” However, according to ‘GloboNews’ there are two more suspects of direct participation in Phillips and Pereira’s deaths: a suspected person involved in the attempt to hide the remains, which have already been collected by the police and sent for analysis, and a possible Intellectual author.
Reconstructing the route the criminals would have taken, the Federal Guard began this Thursday the search for the boat in which the victims were traveling, involved in an investigation into a book on environmental conservation and local development. According to the Brazilian newspaper ‘O Globo’, the boat sank in a river after the crime.
Police are also investigating whether the case is linked to money laundering for drug trafficking and the sale of illegal fish, according to ‘Globo’, suggesting Pereira seized boats carrying tons of pirarucus – the most valuable fish in the local market. and exported to various countries and tracajás -species of turtles considered a spice and offered in restaurants-. The newspaper confirmed that Pereira’s move frustrated the interests of drug trafficker Rubens Villar Coelho, who uses the sale of animals to launder drug money produced in Peru and Colombia. auction”.
Organizations such as HRW or Greenpeace on Thursday urged Brazilian authorities to continue the extensive investigation into the murder. Amnesty International also attacked the president, Jair Bolsonaro, for his “cruel and insensitive remarks,” stating that if they fell into the river, “little remains” of their bodies.
Source: La Verdad
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