They recover the boat of Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira sunken in the Brazilian Amazon

The Federal Police (PF) of Brazil reported this Monday that he recovered the boat in which the British journalist was traveling on Sunday night Dom Phillips and indigenista Bruno Araújo Pereira when they disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon before being killed.

“The boat will be submitted in the next few days to the necessary expert reports to contribute to the complete clarification of the facts,” the PF said in a statement.

LOOK: Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira: the tragic end for two lovers of the Amazon

According to the note, the boat under water “20 meters deep, with six bags of sand to prevent it from floating, 30 meters from the right bank of the Itaquaí River.”

In addition to the small white boat, covered in mud, the authorities reported the discovery of a boat motor and four drums belonging to Pereira.

LOOK: Two brothers confess to having murdered and dismembered journalist Dom Phillips and investigator Bruno Araújo

Jeferson da Silva Lima, known as “Pelado da Dinha”, the third suspect arrested on Saturday, was the one who pointed out the location of the boat.

The PF identified “another five people who presumably participated in the concealment of the corpses”, found Wednesday.

Dom Phillips (left) and Bruno Araújo Pereira disappeared on June 5 in the Brazilian Amazon.

Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, the first suspect arrested, admitted to burying the bodies of Philips Y Pereirashot to death, according to investigators.

Both had been last seen on June 5when they embarked for Atalaia do Norte (northwest), in the Javarí Valley, an area known for its danger due to the activity of drug traffickers, illegal fishing and gold mining.

According to police authorities, at this stage of the investigation The evidence suggests “that the murderers acted alone (…) without a criminal organization behind the murders.”

The Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javarí Valley (Univaja), whose members actively participated in the investigation, refuted the version.

Representatives of Univaja plan to meet this week in Brasilia with members of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil -the highest court- and of the Constitution and Justice Commission of the Parliament, to “pressure the authorities so that the Federal Police play its role in investigation” of the double murder, he said in a note.

According to the organization, for which Pereira worked to help indigenous people guard their territory against intrusions by gold miners and illegal fishermen, “a powerful criminal organization (…) planned the crime down to the smallest detail.”

Several experts point out that the illegal fishing of endangered species in the Javarí Valley is largely controlled by drug traffickers who use the business to launder money from drug sales.

Source: Elcomercio