The Federal Police (PF) plane that transported the human remains found during the searches by indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips landed at around 6:30 pm at Brasília Airport. The material is being taken to the National Institute of Criminalistics, where it will be examined for identity confirmation. 
Yesterday (15), the PF confirmed that mortal remains were found during the search. which were carried out with the presence of the fisherman Amarildo da Costa Pereira, known as “Pelado”. He confessed to participating in the disappearance and indicated the place where the bodies were buried.
Faced with the confession, the PF went to the place, where the reconstruction of the crime scene was carried out. During excavations, teams found human remains in an area of dense woods.
Investigations continue to determine the alleged participation of more people in the disappearance and to find the boat used by the suspects to carry out the crimes.
Indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips, correspondent for The Guardian in Brazil, had been missing since June 5, in the Vale do Javari region, in western Amazonas.
According to the coordination of the Union of Indigenous Organizations of the Javari Valley (Univaja), Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips arrived on Friday (3) at Lago do Jaburu, near the Ituí river, so that the journalist could visit the place and interviews with indigenous people.
According to Unijava, on Sunday (5), the two should return to the city of Atalaia do Norte, after stopping in the São Rafael community, so that the indigenist could have a meeting with a person from the community nicknamed Churrasco. On the same day, a Unijava search team left Atalaia do Norte in search of Bruno and Dom, but did not find them. and they were reported missing.
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The president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the National Council of Justice (CNJ), Minister Luiz Fux, expressed regret at the confirmation of the murder of the indigenist and the journalist. Fux said the case will be followed up by a council working group.
“On behalf of the observatories and the working group, Minister Luiz Fux expresses extreme sadness at the events and tells families and friends that the struggle of indigenists and journalists to guarantee human rights and the preservation of the Amazon will never be forgotten”, declared.
In a statement, the Chamber of Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) declared that the Brazilian State cannot tolerate acts of violence against human rights defenders.
“Aware of the seriousness of the situation, the pain and anguish of the family and friends of the indigenist Bruno Pereira and the journalist Dom Phillips, we express our solidarity as we reaffirm the commitment of the Federal Public Ministry to continue monitoring and acting in accordance with its attributions, in the search for a complete elucidation of the facts and the guarantee of indigenous rights”, declared the agency.
Yesterday (15), the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, also expressed condolences for the victims.
“It is with great regret that I receive the news that the remains of indigenist Bruno Araújo and journalist Dom Phillips have been found. Out of respect for the victims, the Amazon and freedom of the press, I hope that all the criminals involved are punished to the fullest extent of the law,” he declared.
