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How the final journey of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira ended in tragedy

The journalist and Indigenous expert travelled upstream in Brazil’s far western Amazon region, a trip from which they did not return alive

The Guardian - US

In his own words: Dom Phillips’ reporting on Brazil and the Amazon

Dom Phillips, whose death in the Amazon has shocked many, was a frequent contributor to the Guardian. Here are some of his outstanding pieces of journalism

The Guardian - UK

The Ayahuasca King’s Last Tour

Author and journalist Peter Gorman was at home with the jungle, its people, and its mind-altering drugs.

Texas Observer

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Adventurous shepherd from Perthshire completes epic 230km charity ultra marathon in the Amazon rainforest

Shauney Watson (26), who is based in the Caputh and Dunkeld area, ran five marathons in five days through the tropical jungle

Daily Record

Dom Phillips: More arrests expected as tests begin on human remains found in Amazon

Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.

Evening Standard

Ecuador seeks partner to stop gas flaring as anger rises in the Amazon

Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed deadline, but progress is too slow for nearby communities who allege the flares cause cancer and other illnesses.

Reuters

Bolsonaro blamed as UN, activists denounce Amazon murders

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - The United Nations as well as environmental and rights groups expressed outrage Thursday at the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which they linked to President Jair Bolsonaro's willingness to allow commercial exploitation of the Brazilian Amazon.

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Bolsonaro blamed as UN denounces Amazon murders

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - The UN on Thursday denounced the murder in the Amazon of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira as environmental activists blamed Brazil's government.

AFP

Tributes pour in for British reporter Dom Phillips, presumed killed in Amazon

Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian isolated tribes expert Bruno Pereira who disappeared in the Amazon 11 days ago and are presumed dead.

Reuters

Police losing narco war in deadly Amazon region where duo disappeared

A key police outpost lies in ruins after a daring raid – a sign of the growing danger in an increasingly lucrative smuggling route

The Guardian - US

Journalist’s family are ‘heartbroken’ after murders confirmed in remote Amazon

Dom Phillips’ family said they were “informed that two bodies have been recovered from a remote location after a confession” from a man in custody.

The Independent UK

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Who are the men missing in the Amazon?

Respected journalist and expert guide have been missing since 5 June and a suspect has reportedly confessed to their murders, according to local police

The Independent UK

Dom Phillips’ wife: ‘We can say goodbye with love’ after bodies found in Amazon

Brazil’s justice minister Anderson Torres said the remains were found near where the pair disappeared on June 5

Evening Standard

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Family of murdered Briton say they are ‘heartbroken’

The two were last seen in the Amazon’s Javari Valley

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A suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon, police say

Police say they arrested a second suspect identified as a brother of the main suspect in the deaths of an Indigenous expert and British journalist.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

Brit journalist’s wife says ‘we can say goodbye with love’ after remains found in Amazon

Brazil’s justice minister Anderson Torres said remains were found near where the pair disappeared on June 5, with police saying a suspect led investigators to the location after confessing

Wales Online

‘We can say goodbye with love,' says journalist's wife after bodies found in Amazon

Remains of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira discovered after suspect, who confessed to killing them, leads police to the spot

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AFP

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

Manaus (Brazil) (AFP) - One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the jungle, federal police said Wednesday after human remains were found.

The Independent UK

Journalist’s wife: ‘We can say goodbye with love’ after bodies found in Amazon

Brazil’s justice minister Anderson Torres said the remains were found near where the pair disappeared on June 5.

AFP

Human remains found buried at Amazon missing search site: minister

Brasília (AFP) - Human remains were found buried at a site in the Brazilian Amazon during a search for a missing British journalist and an Indigenous expert, a minister said Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Dom Phillips: Boris Johnson says government is ‘deeply concerned’ about missing Brit in Amazon

Theresa May calls case a ‘diplomatic priority’

The Guardian - UK

‘Deep concern’ over fate of Dom Phillips in Brazil, says Boris Johnson

Prime minister says UK government will provide any support needed after journalist’s disappearance in Amazon

The Independent UK

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

Wales Online

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

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