“Dom will be cremated here, in the country he loved, Brazil, the one he chose to make his home,” said his widow, Brazilian Alessandra Sampaio, unable to hold back her tears during a ceremony to which only friends were invited. and relatives at the Pachke da Colina Cemetery in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro (southeast).
The funeral of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was assassinated in the Amazon along with Brazilian indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, took place yesterday Sunday in Brazil, the country he “loved”.
“Dom will be cremated here, in the country he loved, Brazil, the one he chose to make his home,” said his widow, Brazilian Alessandra Sampaio, unable to hold back her tears during a ceremony to which only friends were invited. and relatives at the Pachke da Colina Cemetery in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro (southeast).
Sean Phillips, the 57-year-old journalist’s sister, said she was “murdered because she wanted to tell people what was going on in the Amazon rainforest and its inhabitants.”
“His mission was in conflict with the interests of some who are determined to exploit the Amazon region,” he added.
The two men were killed on June 5 as they returned by boat from a tour of the Zavari Valley, an area with a reputation for being extremely dangerous, near the border with Peru and Colombia: smuggled by drug traffickers, illegal fishermen, illegal gold miners. ..
So far, four suspects have been arrested. The latter was delivered on Thursday.
Bruno Pereira, a 41-year-old indigenous expert, was buried Friday in Hesifi, in the state of Pernambuco (northeast).
Dom Phillips, author of dozens of reports on the Amazon region, a longtime contributor to the British newspaper The Guardian, went to the Zawari Valley as part of a research to write a book on environmental protection.
Bruno Pereira, his driver, had traveled with him in 2018 in the area.
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