The suspect arrested from this to Thursday (9) in Manaus for alleged participation in the disappearance of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Araújo in Atalaia do Norte, in Amazonas, said he was tortured when he was arrested on Wednesday (8) for agents of the task force that was assembled to locate the missing duo. The Public Ministry of the State of Amazonas will investigate the complaint.
Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira was arrested in the act with war material and drugs. During the investigations, the Federal Police asked the Justice to arrest the suspect, who stated at his custody hearing on Thursday that he suffered violence from agents during his arrest. The information on the suspect’s complaint was first disclosed by Agência Pública and confirmed by the CNN .
“The public defender Thatiana David Borges, from the Polo do Alto Solimões, who acted on behalf of the fisherman in the custody hearing, before the resignation of his lawyers, requested that the report be investigated. Judge Jacinta Silva dos Santos ordered the State Public Ministry to investigate possible ill-treatment and/or torture”, according to a note from the SSP-AM (Secretariat of Public Security of Amazonas), which will also investigate the case.
In addition to the Federal Police, the Army, Navy, Civil Police, Fire Department and other teams of the Secretariat of Public Security participate in the searches and investigations into the disappearance of the indigenist and the journalist in Amazonas. The forces formed a crisis cabinet for the operation.
material analysis
On Friday (10), the teams that are part of the operation in search of Pereira and Phillips, located “apparently human organic material” in the Itaquaí River, near the port of Atalaia do Norte.
The content was sent for expert analysis by the National Institute of Criminalistics of the Federal Police. Blood samples found on Amarildo’s vessel on Thursday will also be examined at the institute.
To compare with the identified blood, agents collected reference genetic material from both missing persons.
The duo has been missing since last Sunday (5). According to the Union of Indigenous Organizations of Vale do Javari (Univaja), Phillips was going to a place called Lago do Jaburu to interview indigenous people, accompanied by the Brazilian.
Source: CNN Brasil
