Two bodies have been found in the Amazon rainforest as part of the search for missing Merseyside journalist Dom Phillips.
Phillips, who grew up in Bebington, Wirral, had traveled to a remote part of the rainforest in western Brazil with indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. The two men were on a reporting trip for Mr. Phillips’ next book, but had not seen them since Sunday, June 5th.
And now the Brazilian media report that human remains have been found a few days after police confirmed that the men’s clothes and personal belongings had been recovered during a search in the Javari region. Last week, LancsLive reported that Mr. Philips’ sister, Sian Phillips, 56, was still waiting for his brother to be found alive.
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But his partner, Paul Sherwood, 60, later detailed how Dom and Bruno were attacked before the trip. He said: “Armed men were found in ships and were threatened at an earlier stage of their voyage.
“I would say that in the last few days, the situation has seemed very sad,” he said, adding that Sian was understandably “very upset,” while his brother Gareth, also 56, had joined them. Lancaster. Local groups have claimed that Mr. Phillips and Mr. Pereira had previously received threats for his work in support of indigenous rights in the region.
According to the BBC, the two men had been threatened for their work in the local area, which has seen illegal fishing, logging, mining and drug trafficking. A man, Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, has been arrested by the authorities and was seen threatening the couple a day before they disappeared.
Traces of blood found on Da Costa’s boat and what police said was “apparently human organic material” had been sent to the coroner. Police received an additional 30 days to detain Da Costa while he continued his investigation, but his lawyer denies he had any role in the men’s disappearance.
Phillips had been living in Brazil for more than a decade, during which time he gained a reputation as a highly respected journalist with a deep knowledge of the region. He also contributed to The Guardian for a long time.
Paul said the experience was a “nightmare” for Dom’s wife, Alessandra Sampaio. He told LancsLive: “She finds it difficult: she was the person who called me on Monday to let me know that this had happened and that I was very anxious at the time and it has only been a nightmare for her.”
Paul explained that Mr. Phillips was researching for a book called “How to Save the Amazon,” which would try to explore the political changes and economic measures that could be taken to reverse the fall of the Amazon.
He added: “I was trying to draw attention to the increasingly dangerous position of the indigenous people and the threats they face. It is quite possible that this was the goal of many people; many activities were being exposed. of the people ”.
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