A suspect has admitted to killing a British journalist and indigenous expert in the Amazon, Brazilian authorities said.
Brazilian Federal Police identified the suspect as Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira. Police said he confessed on Tuesday night and indicated where the bodies of veteran correspondent Dom Phillips and researcher Bruno Araújo Pereira had been buried. The following day, the suspect took police to the area where the pair were allegedly killed -- a 100-minute journey by speedboat and 3-kilometer trek into the jungle.
Phillips and Pereira disappeared while conducting research for a book project on conservation efforts in the region, which authorities have described as"complicated" and"dangerous," and known to harbor illegal miners, loggers, and international drug dealers.Defending the Amazon is a dangerous undertaking. Critics say Bolsonaro is making it worseThey had reportedly received death threats just days prior to their disappearance.
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