Brazilian police identify alleged mastermind in Amazon murders

Brazil Police Say Gang Leader Likely Ordered Killing of British Journalist

Brazil's federal police said they had a "strong conviction" a gang leader known a "Colombia" ordered the brutal murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, killed in the Amazon rainforest last June. The gang leader, Ruben Dario da Silva Villar, is already in police detention after being charged along with three other people for double homicide and concealment of corpses. Villar allegedly planned the killings b…

Fish trader ‘ordered killings’ of Brit journalist Dom Phillips and Amazon expert

Brit journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were killed last year in the Amazon and now Brazilian police have said they believe a Colombian fish trader was the mastermind behind their deaths

Dom Phillips: Suspected mastermind in killings of British journalist and indigenous expert in the Amazon is named

The suspect - Ruben Dario da Silva Villar - is already being held on charges of using false Brazilian and Peruvian documents and leading an illegal fishing scheme. He denies being involved in the case.

Brazil police say gang leader likely ordered killing of British journalist, Amazon expert

Ruben Dario da Silva Villar is already in police detention after being charged along with three others for double homicide and concealment of corpses

Brazilian police identify alleged mastermind in Amazon murders

A gang leader is accused of organising the 2022 murders of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips.

Brazil police say gang leader likely ordered killing of British journalist, Amazon expert

Brazil's federal police said on Monday they had a "strong conviction" a gang leader known as "Colombia" ordered the brutal murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, killed in the Amazon rainforest last June. The gang leader, Ruben Dario da Silva Villar, is already in police…