Murders In Brazil
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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 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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Pastor gunned down inside church in Brazil
A protestant pastor died after being shot in the head inside his church in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, police said.
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Brazil's World Cup probable accused of murdering girlfriend
Brazilian football star Bruno Fernandes de Souza has admitted he knew of his ex-girlfriend's murder, who was cut up and fed to dogs, but denied having any involvement in the killing.
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Brazil has 14 of world's 50 most violent cities
Of the 50 most violent cities across the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday. The word's most violent city is San Pedro Sula in Honduras, with a murder rate of 158.87 for every 100,000 inhabitants, the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice said in a report.
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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 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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Pastor gunned down inside church in Brazil
A protestant pastor died after being shot in the head inside his church in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, police said.
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Brazil's World Cup probable accused of murdering girlfriend
Brazilian football star Bruno Fernandes de Souza has admitted he knew of his ex-girlfriend's murder, who was cut up and fed to dogs, but denied having any involvement in the killing.
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Brazil has 14 of world's 50 most violent cities
Of the 50 most violent cities across the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday. The word's most violent city is San Pedro Sula in Honduras, with a murder rate of 158.87 for every 100,000 inhabitants, the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice said in a report.
