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Brazil Woman Becomes A Cop To Avenge Father's Murder, Arrests Killer After 25 Years
The cop admitted to fantasising about the day her father's killer would serve his sentence behind bars.
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Teen Kills Parents, Sister After Row Over Phone, Spends Weekend With Bodies
A 16-year-old Brazilian boy upset over having his cell phone taken away shot and killed his parents and sister in the family's home, police said Wednesday.
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Brazil Drug Trafficker Ordered Killings Of British Journalist, His Guide: Cops
Police said the case over the murders of UK journalist Dom Phillips, 57, and Bruno Pereira, a 41-year-old Indigenous activist, was "90 percent" wrapped up and "practically closed."
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Brazil Man, Father Wanted For Murder Of Mother, Wife, Sister, 3 Children
Police in Brazil were searching Wednesday for a man suspected in the murder of his wife, three young children, his mother and his sister.
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Brazil Politician Gets 50 Years' Jail For Killing Husband. Children Helped
Prosecutors charged Former Brazilian congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos in August 2020 with "orchestrating the homicide, enlisting several of her grown children to take part in the crime and attempting to disguise it as an armed robbery."
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Remains Of UK Journalist Identified In Brazil: Police
Brazil's Federal Police said Friday it had officially identified the remains of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was found buried in the Amazon after going missing on a book research trip.
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US Urges "Accountability" In Brazil Over Killing Of UK Journalist, Expert
The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert, as it hailed defenders of the rainforest.
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Nearly 1,000 Murder Suspects Held In Brazil Police Operation
Brazilian police carried out a giant anti-murder operation in nearly every state of the country Tuesday, arresting 968 suspects in one day, according to the National Council of Civilian Police Chiefs.
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6 Family Members Butchered In Brazil's Rio De Janeiro In Drug Violence
Brazilian police said Tuesday it was investigating the murder of six members of the same family in Rio de Janeiro, in which the only survivor was a seven-month old baby.
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Stop And Search? This Poor Community In Rio Says Yes, Please.
To quell a burst of carjackings, supermarket lootings and murders, military troops rolled into this tropical metropolis last month heading straight for the slums. They set up checkpoints and sent armed patrols to root out criminals, searching everyone from children to grandmothers.
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Murders, Robberies of Drivers in Brazil Force Uber to Rethink Cash Strategy
Drivers and police said Uber's new cash policy has provided easy targets for criminals, allowing them to open accounts under fake names.
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Murders, Robberies Of Drivers In Brazil Force Uber To Rethink Cash Strategy
On a Thursday night last September, Uber driver Osvaldo Luis Modolo Filho accepted a ride request from a teenage couple on the eastern edge of Sao Paulo, to be paid in cash.
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Greek Ambassador To Brazil Murdered By Wife's Cop Lover: Police
Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime, officials said on Friday.
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Murder Committed in Big Brazilian Cities Every Half Hour: Report
Someone is murdered in one of Brazil's regional capitals almost every half an hour on average, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Jealousy Over Facebook Chat Prompts Brazil Murder
Brazilian police say a Facebook conversation made a man so jealous that he killed and dismembered a friend of his wife.
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Brazil Woman Becomes A Cop To Avenge Father's Murder, Arrests Killer After 25 Years
The cop admitted to fantasising about the day her father's killer would serve his sentence behind bars.
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Teen Kills Parents, Sister After Row Over Phone, Spends Weekend With Bodies
A 16-year-old Brazilian boy upset over having his cell phone taken away shot and killed his parents and sister in the family's home, police said Wednesday.
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Brazil Drug Trafficker Ordered Killings Of British Journalist, His Guide: Cops
Police said the case over the murders of UK journalist Dom Phillips, 57, and Bruno Pereira, a 41-year-old Indigenous activist, was "90 percent" wrapped up and "practically closed."
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Brazil Man, Father Wanted For Murder Of Mother, Wife, Sister, 3 Children
Police in Brazil were searching Wednesday for a man suspected in the murder of his wife, three young children, his mother and his sister.
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Brazil Politician Gets 50 Years' Jail For Killing Husband. Children Helped
Prosecutors charged Former Brazilian congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos in August 2020 with "orchestrating the homicide, enlisting several of her grown children to take part in the crime and attempting to disguise it as an armed robbery."
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Remains Of UK Journalist Identified In Brazil: Police
Brazil's Federal Police said Friday it had officially identified the remains of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was found buried in the Amazon after going missing on a book research trip.
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US Urges "Accountability" In Brazil Over Killing Of UK Journalist, Expert
The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert, as it hailed defenders of the rainforest.
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Nearly 1,000 Murder Suspects Held In Brazil Police Operation
Brazilian police carried out a giant anti-murder operation in nearly every state of the country Tuesday, arresting 968 suspects in one day, according to the National Council of Civilian Police Chiefs.
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6 Family Members Butchered In Brazil's Rio De Janeiro In Drug Violence
Brazilian police said Tuesday it was investigating the murder of six members of the same family in Rio de Janeiro, in which the only survivor was a seven-month old baby.
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Stop And Search? This Poor Community In Rio Says Yes, Please.
To quell a burst of carjackings, supermarket lootings and murders, military troops rolled into this tropical metropolis last month heading straight for the slums. They set up checkpoints and sent armed patrols to root out criminals, searching everyone from children to grandmothers.
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Murders, Robberies of Drivers in Brazil Force Uber to Rethink Cash Strategy
Drivers and police said Uber's new cash policy has provided easy targets for criminals, allowing them to open accounts under fake names.
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Murders, Robberies Of Drivers In Brazil Force Uber To Rethink Cash Strategy
On a Thursday night last September, Uber driver Osvaldo Luis Modolo Filho accepted a ride request from a teenage couple on the eastern edge of Sao Paulo, to be paid in cash.
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Greek Ambassador To Brazil Murdered By Wife's Cop Lover: Police
Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime, officials said on Friday.
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Murder Committed in Big Brazilian Cities Every Half Hour: Report
Someone is murdered in one of Brazil's regional capitals almost every half an hour on average, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Jealousy Over Facebook Chat Prompts Brazil Murder
Brazilian police say a Facebook conversation made a man so jealous that he killed and dismembered a friend of his wife.
