Three new arrests linked to killing of British journalist Dom Phillips and Amazon expert in Brazil
Prosecutors have said the three men charged with murder in the case are fishermen who allegedly killed Mr Phllips and Mr Pereira because the pair asked to photograph the suspects. The area is a hotspot for illegal fishing and poaching.
In an investigation that has grown out of the murder case, police also identified a man arrested in early July for allegedly carrying false documents as Ruben Dario da Silva Villar, known as the “Colombian”. A Colombian citizen, he was using a Brazilian identity card and also a Peruvian document, the statement said.
The statement described him as the “leader and financier of an armed criminal association dedicated to the practice of illegal fishing in the region of Vale do Javari, which was responsible for commercialising a large amount of fish that was exported to neighbouring countries”. In addition to the three people arrested for suspected involvement in hiding the bodies of Mr Philips and Mr Pereira, two other people were arrested in the investigation of illegal fishing, police said.
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