MADRID, 11 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Brazilian Federal Police announced this Friday that it had found “apparently human” remains in the river in the Itaguaí region, one of the points where the British journalist Dom Phillips and the indigenist Bruno Pereira, disappeared since the past, were last seen. 5th June.
“The search teams located in the river, near the port of Atalaia del Norte, apparently human organic material, which is being sent for forensic analysis by the National Institute of Criminalistics of the Federal Police,” the police entity explained in a statement. collected by ‘Folha de S.Paulo’.
In addition, according to the Brazilian Police, the collection of genetic material of the disappeared with the help of their relatives would have already been carried out. This genetic material will be used to compare it with the remains found in the boat of the main suspect in the disappearance of Philips and Pereira, Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as ‘Pelado’.
Likewise, a key witness has affirmed that he saw ‘Pelado’ load a shotgun and make an ammunition belt shortly after Phillips and Pereira left the community of Sao Rafael for Atalaia do Norte, on the morning of last Sunday, when they were seen for the last time, according to the newspaper ‘O Globo’.
‘Pelado’ is known in Brazil for his record of threats and coercion against indigenous peoples. In addition, it is the third arrest that the Brazilian authorities have made since they began a rescue operation four days ago.
On the other hand, the area in which both have disappeared is known to be one of the most inaccessible in the region, home not only to the largest concentration of uncontacted indigenous peoples, but also one of the largest routes along which the cocaine that arrives from Peru to be distributed to Europe after passing through Brazil.
