The Latest Breaking News from Pelado

Dom Phillips: Fourth arrest by police investigating murder of British journalist

Brazilian police have arrested a fourth man while investigating the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon’s Javari Valley.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2022

New arrest linked to murder of Amazon expert and journalist

Brazil’s federal police have arrested a fourth man possibly involved in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon's Javari Valley

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

A British journalist's remains have been found in Brazil's Amazon, police say

Human remains found deep in Brazil's Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips, according to Brazil's federal police.

WEKU · Jun 17, 2022

Police: Amazon fisherman confesses to killing missing pair

Brazilian authorities say a fisherman has confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the remote Amazon and taken police to a site where human remains were found, in an apparent breakthrough in the 10-day search for the pair

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Two men have confessed to killing British journalist and indigenous guide, Brazilian media report

Police said Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, nicknamed Pelado, told officers he used a firearm to kill the journalist and his indigenous expert travelling companion Bruno Pereira

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2022

Brazil's police take suspect to area of search for 2 missing

Brazil’s police are taking a suspect out on the river toward an area where teams are searching for British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

Boris Johnson ‘deeply concerned’ by disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips

Boris Johnson has said the Government is “deeply concerned” about the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips, after Theresa May urged ministers to do “everything they can” to uncover the truth about the case.

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2022

Family of Lancashire man missing in Brazil were wrongly told his body had been found

Brazilian authorities have apologised for the blunder and insisted that search operations continue

Manchester Evening News · Jun 15, 2022

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Second suspect arrested for ‘alleged murder’ over Amazon disappearances

Search for pair is believed to be nearing end as the area left to examine is getting smaller

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

Dom Phillips: Brothers arrested over British journalist's disappearance in Brazil's Amazon

Mr Phillips, 57, and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, 41, vanished from a remote part of the Amazon last week

Wales Online · Jun 15, 2022