{"id":170011,"date":"2023-01-24T08:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=170011"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:24:45","slug":"man-caught-in-connection-to-deaths-of-amazon-activist-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/man-caught-in-connection-to-deaths-of-amazon-activist-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Man caught in connection to deaths of Amazon activist, journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Colombian &#8216;fish trader&#8217; and gang leader who &#8216;ordered the killing&#8217; of Amazon Indigenous tribes activist in attack that saw a British journalist killed is caught by Brazilian police<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The man believed to be behind the death of a journalist and activist in the Amazon Rainforest has been caught<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rub\u00e9n Dario da Silva Villar ordered henchman to kill a tribe expert in the Amazon in June 2022, federal police in Brazil said Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Activist Bruno Pereira, 41, was the initial target and British journalist Dom Phillips was also shot and killed during the incident<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Villar is the fourth man arrested in the deaths of Pereira and Phillips\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A man who allegedly ordered his henchman to track down and kill an Indigenous tribes expert in June in the Amazon Rainforest has been captured, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement officials in Brazil,\u00a0Rub\u00e9n Dario da Silva Villar- also known as Col\u00f4mbia &#8211; ordered a kill on Bruno Pereira, 41, an activist who was\u00a0helping Indigenous tribes combat illegal fishing and hunting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Villar&#8217;s men went after the activist, chasing him in a boat and shooting at him, they also shot and killed British journalist Dom Phillips, 57, who was in the Amazon researching for a book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Villar, an illegal fishing trafficker, is the fourth man arrested after three were arrested and charged last year in connection to their murders.<\/p>\n<p>Federal police say they are still searching for one\u00a0<span>man who they believe gave one of the guns to a gunman and also helped hide the bodies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/05\/58749311-11669473-Indigenous_activist_Bruno_Pereira_is_an_expert_on_the_region_sug-m-82_1674539100774.jpg\" height=\"741\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A kill was allegedly ordered on Bruno Pereira, 41, an activist who was helping Indigenous tribes combat illegal fishing and hunting\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/06\/16\/58748011-10889719-Guardian_Washington_Post_and_New_York_Times_journalist_Dom_Phill-a-44_1654530614915.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Dom Phillips, 57, was in the Amazon researching for a book<\/p>\n<p><span>Villar was initially arrested in July after the murders for using a false investigation during questioning but he was later released.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He was arrested again in December for breaking the rules of his release and has been detained since that incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, law enforcement officials said during a press conference Villar provided the ammunition to kill the pair, made phone calls to the confessed killer before and after the crime, and paid his lawyer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The group of officials said they plan to charge Villar with the murders, ordered because he believed Pereira was hurting his business with his activism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pereira and Phillips were traveling in the Amazon in June to meet with a group of Indigenous men who patrolling the Javari Valley.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The area is home to a remote Indigenous reservation with 19 different groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/66898439-11669473-image-a-97_1674542967695.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Protests erupted\u00a0 in Brazil and around the world over the deaths of Perira and Phillips<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/07\/66898489-11669473-image-a-61_1674544583209.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Beatriz Matos, the widow of human rights activist Bruno Pereira, center, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil&#8217;s former president, second left, attend an event with the indigenous community<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/66898259-11669473-image-a-98_1674542977907.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brazilians and indigenous groups held memorials for the two men in the weeks after their disappearance and deaths\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Pereira, a former top official for Brazil on tribes, was working with the groups, training them to document crimes using phones and cameras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Indigenous groups were working to combat illegal fishing and hunting in the region, which had increased under the administration of former president Jair Bolsonaro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Phillips was tagging along and interviewing tribesmen for a book on ways people were working to save the Amazon Rainforest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Police say they believe Villar ordered the killings based on\u00a0<\/span>testimony from witnesses and records connecting him to the ammunition used and the lawyer of one of the men who was also arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Villar has denied any wrongdoing in the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have no doubt that Col\u00f4mbia was the mastermind,&#8217; said investigator Alexandre Fontes said at a press conference, according to the Brazilian news website G1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/66898459-11669473-image-a-95_1674542417071.jpg\" height=\"386\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pereira, a former top official for Brazil on tribes, was working with the groups, training them to document crimes using phones and cameras<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/58774785-11669473-The_Javari_region_is_an_area_notorious_for_illegal_mining_and_dr-a-88_1674541734178.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Javari region is an area notorious for illegal mining and drug trafficking, and the pair had reportedly faced threats before their disappearance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/66898471-11669473-image-a-96_1674542513632.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A mural of the late human rights activist Pereira outside of an event with Indigenous leaders<\/p>\n<p>Fisherman Amarildo da Costa, known as &#8216;Pelado,&#8217; his brother Oseney da Costam or &#8216;Dos Santos,&#8217; and\u00a0Jefferson da Silva Lima, have also been arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amarildo was seen by witnesses in a boat following Phillips and Pereira at high speed before their disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>Local police found traces of blood on his boat and personal effects of the two missing men near the home of &#8216;Pelado,&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also seized firearm cartridges and an oar during a search last summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perira and Phillips&#8217; bodies were discovered by Brazilian officials on June 15 and later identified and returned to their families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/58933043-11669473-Amariledo_Pelado_da_Costa_was_taken_into_custody_by_authorities_-m-84_1674541508045.jpg\" height=\"466\" width=\"630\"><\/p>\n<p>Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, nicknamed Pelado, also confessed that he shot Phillips and Pereira and has been under arrest since after the killings in early June\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/24\/06\/59122377-11669473-Heavily_armed_federal_officers_led_the_suspect_onto_a_boat_and_t-m-86_1674541537965.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Heavily armed federal officers led one of the suspects onto a boat and towards the river where missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira disappeared<\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared by the Associated Press, UNIVAJA, the local Indigenous association that employed Pereira, said it believed there were other significant planners behind the killings who have not been arrested.<\/p>\n<p><span>Activists agree, saying they believe the case is far from over.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Who is financing these people so they can continue their illegal activities?&#8217; said Eliesio Marubo, a lawyer who works Indigenous association, speaking with the New York Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The federal police didn&#8217;t answer that. We need a deeper investigation,&#8217; Marubo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/26\/16\/59543801-10954683-image-a-28_1656257847359.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brazilian campaigners are pictured asking: &#8216;Who ordered the killing of Dom and Bruno?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/26\/16\/59544375-10954683-image-a-30_1656257920462.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous campaigners have also demanded justice as violence against them spikes<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11669473\/Man-ordered-kill-Indigenous-tribes-activist-Amazon-caught-Brazilian-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian &#8216;fish trader&#8217; and gang leader who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man caught in connection to deaths of Amazon activist, journalist - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/man-caught-in-connection-to-deaths-of-amazon-activist-journalist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man caught in connection to deaths of Amazon activist, journalist - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Colombian &#8216;fish trader&#8217; 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