Police chief says one of the men arrested in connection with the pair’s disappearance had confessed to killing them
Police in the Brazilian Amazon have found the bodies of two men in the area close to where British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira went missing 10 days ago.
The location identified by the suspect was 1hr 40min by boat from the river town of Atalaia do Norte and another 3.1km by foot into dense forest. Scores of locals flocked to the town’s port to watch as officers in camouflage gear loaded the two black body bags on to the back of a federal police vehicle, which set off in a blaze of red and blue lights.
“Today, we also begin our quest for justice. I hope that the investigations exhaust all possibilities and bring definitive answers on all relevant details as soon as possible.”