Boat found near bank of Itaquaí River in Brazilian state of Amazonas to be sent for forensic examination, police say
The boat used by British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira when they were killed in the Amazon jungle has been recovered by police.
The white metal craft was found at a depth of between 20 and 30 meters near the bank of the Itaquaí River, said police chief Alex Perez Timóteo. It had been weighed down by six sacks of earth. Police also found the 40hp Yamaha engine. Phillips was working on a book about sustainable development called How to Save the Amazon, and Pereira, who had close contacts with local indigenous groups, was helping him with interviews., one of whom has confessed to their murder. He last week led police to a remote spot in the jungle where they buried Phillips’ and Pereira’s bodies after shooting them with hunting rifles. Another five people are wanted by authorities for participating in the hiding of the bodies.
A defender of Indigenous peoples and a former official with the federal government’s Indigenous foundation, he knew of the illegal fishing that was rife in the area and had been threatened before by at least one of the men detained by police.
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