The Brazilian Federal Police announced that they found the boat in which indigenous activist Bruno Araújo Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips were traveling, allegedly shot to death in the Amazon jungle.
The boat was found on Sunday, less than 30 meters from the banks of the Itacoaí River, and will undergo forensic examinations in the coming days, according to police sources, quoted Monday by the Brazilian broadcaster CBN.
EITHER The engine and anchor were tied to the boat along with four drums, with the intention of sinking it.security forces advanced.
The investigations continue to clarify all the circumstances, motives and people involved in the case,” the Federal Police said in a statement.
The bodies of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were found a week after the disappearance was announced, on June 5, in the Vale do Javari region, one of the largest indigenous lands in Brazil, located in the extreme west of the state of Amazonas. The identity of the remains was confirmed on Friday.
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As part of the investigations, the Federal Police explained that the main suspects acted alone, thus ruling out the possibility of an “intellectual author or criminal organization behind the crime.”
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Nevertheless, the case is still open and the authorities do not rule out the possibility of arresting more people.
The area where the activist and journalist disappeared is characterized by being one of the most inaccessible in the region, housing the largest concentration of isolated indigenous people, but also being the scene of one of the largest drug routes in Peru, bound for Europe. , like other illegally extracted raw materials in the Amazon, such as wood and gold.
Source: Observadora
