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Eduardo Alexandre Fontes, chief of Brazil's Federal Police in Amazonas state, speaks during a news conference on July 8, 2022

World

Fourth arrest in Amazon murders of journalist, guide: police

A fourth person has been arrested as part of the investigation into the killings of British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert.

AFPJuly 8, 2022

Dom Phillips, a longtime contributor to The Guardian and other leading international newspapers, was working on a book on sustainable development in the Amazon with Bruno Pereira as his guide when they went missing -- their boat has now been found

World

Brazilian police find boat of murdered British journalist, guide

Brazilian police said Monday they had found the boat in which British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian expert guide Bruno Pereira were travelling...

AFPJune 20, 2022

Remains found buried in the Amazon were brought to Brasilia for official identification

World

Amazon killers acted alone: Brazil police

Brazilian police said Friday the killers of British journalist Dom Phillips and his expert guide Bruno Pereira had acted on their own initiative and...

AFPJune 17, 2022

A team of Indigenous people search for clues on the whereabouts of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in the remote Javari Valley

World

Indigenous team scours remote Amazon for missing Phillips and Pereira

The men use wooden oars to navigate their way through the flooded jungles, maneuvering around trees and vines.

AFPJune 15, 2022

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing in a remote region of the Amazon called the Javari Valley

World

What we know in case of missing British journalist and Amazon expert

The search for a British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert who vanished deep in the Amazon went into its 10th day Tuesday.

AFPJune 14, 2022

A search boat looks for signs of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira on the Itaguai river

World

Signs of something ‘buried’ in Amazon disappearance of journalist, expert

Fears have been mounting over the fate of Dom Phillips, 57, a veteran contributor to The Guardian newspaper, and Bruno Pereira, 41.

AFPJune 10, 2022

Former presidential hopeful Cristiana Chamorro has been sentenced to eight years of house arrest

World

Nicaragua ends sentencing of opposition figures, negotiations next?

Earlier this week, Nicaragua finished sentencing 45 opponents of President Daniel Ortega’s government to up to 13 years in prison for allegedly “undermining” national...

AFPMay 13, 2022