Thread by @ggreenwald

Incredibly sad - and infuriating - news. The bodies of the British journalist @domphillips, and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, have reportedly been found. They were reporting in a remote Amazon region on illegal invasions by mining/logging interests.

https://twitter.com/apagliar/status/1536330836273930242

Dom was one of those journalists who began working in Brazil, fell in love with the country, married a Brazilian woman, then devoted himself to dangerous, intrepid reporting on illegal exploitation of the Amazon: a stark reminder of the value and danger of real journalism. #RIP

There will be indignation and demands for justice, but it's hard to be hopeful. If someone had told me in 2018 that Marielle Franco's assassination would remain largely unsolved 4 years later, I wouldn't have believed it. And yet. Read about Dom here:

https://twitter.com/adowniebrazil/status/1535586664051101699

There's some conflicting reports now about whether there's confirmation of their bodies being found. Dom's wife said police informed her they were. Indigenous activists say it's not confirmed. I hope there's still hope, but the news is clearly grim:

https://twitter.com/tomphillipsin/status/1536342697023221761

Regarding the horrific and sad case of British journalist @DomPhillips and Bruno Pereira who have been missing more than a week in the Amazon: Brazil's envoy to the UK apologized for announcing their bodies were found. They weren't. But it's still grim:

theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…