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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Bolsonaro’s ‘surrender of Amazon to crooks played role in murders of Phillips and Pereira’

Randolfe Rodrigues
Randolfe Rodrigues, the Brazilian senator leading a congressional inquiry into the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, visits the Amazon region where they were killed. Photograph: Roberto Stuckert

Jair Bolsonaro’s demolition of Brazil’s Indigenous and environmental protection services and “surrender of the Amazon to crooks” played a direct role in the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, the politician leading a congressional inquiry into the crime has claimed.

One month after the British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous advocate were killed on the River Itaquaí, three men are in custody: two local fishermen and a third man called Jeferson da Silva Lima.

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