Three men await trial in Brazil for the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, but no date is set and Amazon activists still live in fear of violence
Relatives of DOm Phillips and activists at the first anniversary commemoration of the murders on 5 June, 2023. The two were were killed in the Amazon's Javari valley.Relatives of DOm Phillips and activists at the first anniversary commemoration of the murders on 5 June, 2023. The two were were killed in the Amazon's Javari valley.were murdered during a reporting trip in the Brazilian Amazon their families are still waiting for justice and activists fear their deaths will not be the last.
They are the fishers Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, whose nickname is Pelado; Jefferson da Silva Lima, who is known as Pelado da Dinha; and Pelado’s brother, Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, who is known as Dos Santos. “I suspect it will be in the first half of next year,” says Rafael Fagundes, a Rio-based lawyer who represents the journalist’s family. “If it happened this year it would be a pleasant surprise.”
Silva Villar, whose nickname is “Colombia”, is being held in custody while the investigation continues. His group is also suspected of the 2019 assassination of Pereira’s former colleagueDespite those arrests, Eliesio Marubo, an Indigenous lawyer and Javari valley activist, fears police have not sufficiently scrutinised powerful local politicians he suspects were also involved in the crime, and others who tried to cover up the murder.
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