A devoted conservationist and a journalist set off into the depths of the Amazon to report on corruption and criminal activity but are never seen alive again. The murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira rocked the international community and revealed dark secrets hiding in one of the world’s most beautiful natural wonders.
Dom Phillips (Source) The Guardian
Bruno Pereira (Source) The Guardian
Defendants Court Proceeding May 2023 (Source) The Guardian
Amazon Rainforest Map (Source) Associated Press
Episode Source Material
- g1 (Brazil): Association claims that English indigenist and journalist are missing in the Amazon, by g1 AM.
- AgênciaBrasil (Brasília, Federal District, Brazil): PF investigates disappearance of indigenist and journalist in the Amazon, by AgênciaBrasil.
- The Guardian: Fears for safety of British journalist missing in Brazilian Amazon, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: ‘Every second counts’: wife of British journalist missing in Amazon urges action, by Tom Phillips.
- CNN: Search continues for pair missing in Amazon area known for illegal mining and drug trafficking routes, by Camilo Rocha, Marcia Reverdosa, and Kara Fox.
- BBC: Family of British journalist missing in Amazon urges action, by Alys Davies and Vanessa Buschschlüter.
- The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.): Hopes dim, anger grows in British journalist’s disappearance in Brazil, by Terrence McCoy.
- The Guardian: Missing British journalist’s wife pleads with Brazil to find ‘love of my life’, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: Brazilian police say ‘no evidence of crime’ in search for missing journalist, by Andrew Downie, Caio Barretto Briso, and Tom Phillips.
- National Journal (Brazil): Justice determines that the government reinforces searches for Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, by National Journal.
- The Guardian: Javari valley: the lawless primal wilderness where Dom Phillips went missing, by Dan Collyns.
- The Guardian: Indigenous groups scour forests and rivers for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: Hopes fade of finding missing men as Brazilian police report finding ‘apparently human’ material, by Andrew Downie.
- The Guardian: Indigenous leaders express frustration at military in search for two men in Brazil, by Tom Phillips and Andrew Downie.
- The Guardian: ‘A whirlwind of sadness’: search for pair missing in Brazil goes on even as hope evaporates, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: Items belonging to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira found in Amazon, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: Bolsonaro says ‘something wicked’ done to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Tom Phillips.
- CNN: Missing pair in remote Amazon were likely victims of ‘malice,’ says Brazil’s president, by Mia Alberti, Juliana Koch, and Amy Woodyatt.
- The Guardian: Brazil envoy apologises to Dom Phillips’ family for saying bodies had been found, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: police in Brazil arrest second man for ‘alleged murder’, by Tom Phillips.
- The Guardian: Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing men, by Andrew Downie and Tom Phillips.
- Agência Pública (Brazil): Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s Last Journey, by Ciro Barros, Rubens Valente, José Medeiros, Avener.
- Metrópoles (Brazil): PF begins moving Dom and Bruno’s bodies to Brasília, by Otávio Augusto.
- g1 (Brazil): PF now investigates five suspects in inquiry into the death of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Camila Bomfim.
- The Guardian: The disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira – a timeline, by Theresa Malone, Garry Blight and Niels de Hoog.
- The Guardian: Police say remains found in Brazilian Amazon belong to Dom Phillips, by Andrew Downie.
- The Guardian: Brazil police arrest third suspect in killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Associated Press.
- The Guardian: Brazil police identify five more people linked to killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Andrew Downie, Oliver Laughland, and Roberto Koz.
- The Guardian: Police recover boat used by Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Andrew Downie.
- The Guardian: Dom Phillips was ‘collateral damage’ in drunken ambush, claims Brazil vice-president, by Andrew Downie, Oliver Laughland, and Roberto Kaz.
- Global Voices: Brazilian Indigenous group Univaja demands probe into murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Fernanda Canofre.
- AgênciaBrasil (Brazil): Expertise on Bruno and Dom’s bodies is completed, says PF, by Pedro Rafael Vilela.
- The Guardian: Calls for justice amid fears inquiry into killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira stalling, by Oliver Laughland and Roberto Kaz.
- The Guardian: Brazilian police investigate potential ordered killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Oliver Laughland.
- The Guardian: Amazon wild west: where drugs, fish and logging are big money but life is cheap, by Oliver Laughland and Roberto Kaz.
- The Guardian: Man linked to killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira arrested over fake ID, by Andrew Downie.
- Rio On Watch: Murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Exposes Lack of Protection for Journalists, Environmentalists and Activists in Brazil, by Euro Mascarenhas Filho.
- The Guardian: Brazil’s weak response to Phillips–Pereira murders threatens Indigenous people, lawyer says, by Nina Lakhani.
- Common Dreams: 23 US Lawmakers Demand Impartial Probe Into Murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, by Jessica Corbett.
- The Guardian: Three charged in Brazil with murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Staff and Agencies.
- The Guardian: Brazil ‘failing to fully investigate’ Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira murders, by Andrew Downie.
- The Guardian: Five more arrested in Brazil over murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, by Andrew Downie.
- Democracy Now: Indigenous Lawyer: Independently Investigate Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira Murder in Brazil’s Amazon.
- The Brazilian Report: Senate to vote on report on Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira murders, by Cedê.
- The Guardian: Bail granted to suspect in Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira murder case, by Andrew Downie.
- The Washington Post: THE KILLING OF DOM AND BRUNO, by Terrence McCoy.
- The Brazilian Report: Defendants in Dom and Bruno murders to face arraignment in January, by Euan Marshall.
- The Guardian: Bruno Pereira Obituary by Andrew Downie.
- The Guardian: Dom Phillips Obituary by Jonathan Watts.
- National Union of Journalists: For Dom, Bruno & The Amazon
- RSF Reporters Without Borders: Organisastions Express Indignation and Deep Sorrow at the Murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
- Survival International Website : The Uncontacted Frontier
- France 24: How Brazil’s Javari Valley became a criminal haven.
- The Associated Press: Explainer, Crime, Impunity surge in Amazon’s Javari Valley. By Mauricio Savarese and Fabiano Maisonnave.
- UNIVAJA Press Statement
- The New York Times: Mastermind Behind Amazon Murders of Journalist and Activist Is Caught, Police Say. By Jack Nicas and Flavia Milhorance.
- Folha de S.Paulo: Defendants in the Bruno and Dom Case Give Testimony to Federal Court. By Pedro Madeira.
- The Guardian: Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, Anger at ‘Far-fetched’ self-defence claim. By Tom Phillips.