Brazil's federal police said on Monday they had a 'strong conviction' a gang leader known as 'Colombia' ordered the brutal murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, killed in the Amazon rainforest last June.
Demonstrators hold a banner with the images of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira, both killed in the Amazon, during a protest in the Arcos da Lapa in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 26, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo
Villar allegedly planned the killings because Pereira, a former head of isolated and recently contacted tribes at federal indigenous affairs agency Funai, was carrying out inspections of illegal fishing operations, causing major losses to Villar's criminal group, the police said in a statement.
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