Brazil prosecutors charge suspects in murder of Amazon pair

By DAVID BILLER
Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Public prosecutors have charged three individuals with the June murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the remote western reaches of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, according to a statement. All are local riverine dwellers, and their alleged motive was that Pereira asked Phillips to photograph them when they passed by in a boat. The area is a hotspot for illegal fishing and poaching. The disappearance of Phillips and Pereira generated intense international outcry and pressure for action and, with the help of local Indigenous people, authorities located their bodies hidden in the forest.