June 11, 2022
09:06
Ívina Garcia – Cenarium Magazine
MANAUS – The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Luís Roberto Barroso, ordered the Union to be faster in the search and immediately adopt “all necessary measures” to locate the british journalist Dom Phillips and the indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, missing since last day 5.
The petition made by the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) on June 8 was answered this Friday, 10, by Minister Barroso, which requests the use of all means and forces of the security forces operating in the region, and also calls for a guarantee of more security at the site.
In addition, Barroso ordered that those responsible for the disappearance be investigated and punished, and also requested that a report be sent containing all the measures taken and information obtained so far, within five days, counting from the receipt of the decision.
In the dispatch, Barroso says that without effective state action in the Amazon, the region will progressively fall into a situation of anomie, that is, without laws or rules. “It is necessary to reorder the country’s priorities in this matter”, he writes.
The Federal Government and the Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Anderson Torres, the Director-President of the Federal Police, Márcio Nunes de Oliveira and the President of FUNAI, Marcelo Augusto Xavier da Silva, were summoned in the order. Failure to meet the deadline is subject to a daily fine of one hundred thousand reais.
Arrest
After the expertise of the Civil Police of Amazonas (PC-AM) find traces of blood on the boat Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, the “Pelado”, 41 years, the Court of Amazonas (TJAM) decreed, on the night of Thursday, 9, the temporary arrest of man suspected of involvement in the disappearance of indigenist Bruno Pereira, the National Indian Foundation (Funai), and the English journalist Dom Phillips.
The decision was made after a custody hearing in Atalaia do Norte (1,138 kilometers from Manaus), and is in response to a request from the Civil Police of Amazonas.
The case
The case happened on Sunday, 5, after Bruno and Phillips received threats in the field, according to the Union of Indigenous Peoples of Vale do Javari (Univaja). The organization claims that the indigenist was constantly threatened for his work against invaders in the region: fishermen, gold miners and loggers. The journalist, passionate about Brazil, is known for his reports denouncing violations of indigenous rights and was working on a book about the environment.
Since Monday, 6, teams from the Amazonas Secretary of Public Safety (SSP-AM), the Univaja, and the Brazilian Navy have been searching for the activist and the journalist. The Federal Police and the Army have also sent reinforcements. In addition, the PC-AM has opened a police investigation to investigate the case.
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