Five arrested over murders of journalist and activist

Police arrested another five people in connection with the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, and said one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal fishing mafia based in the Amazon region.

Police said three of those detained in operations near Brazil’s borders with Peru and Colombia were wanted for helping bury the bodies of Phillips and Pereira. All three are related to Amarildo da Costa Oliveira, one of three men charged last month with the double murder.