The main suspect in the killings of a British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has confessed to fatally shooting them in a remote part of the Amazon, Brazilian police have said
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"When it is proven that these human remains are related to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, we will return them to the family as soon as possible."Guilherme Torres, of the Amazonas state police, said a boat belonging to Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira had not yet been found, but police knew the area where it was hidden.Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira were last seen on their boat near the entrance of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which borders Peru and Colombia.
Indigenous people who were with Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira have said that Pelado brandished a rifle at them on the day before their disappearance.
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