Brazil Crime

Gender Bender Escapes Prison

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.18.2012

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He thought jail was a real drag. Brazilian prisoner and alleged drug trafficker Ronaldo Silva recently attempted to escaped his lockup in his wife'...

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Murders Spike During Police Strike

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

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SAO PAULO — The murder rate in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia has soared during a state police strike that has entered its fourth day. Th...

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Rio de Janeiro: 60,000 Unsolved Murders In 10 Years

AP | Posted 09.09.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rio de Janeiro's public defenders' department says the Brazilian state has accumulated more than 60,000 unsolved murders in the last...

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Miss Brazil Robbed At Gunpoint

AP | Posted 09.03.2011

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SAO PAULO — Miss Brazil has been robbed at gunpoint in front of her home. The Miss Brazil pageant press office says that Debora Lyra was held u...

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Carnaval in Rio: How to Have Fun and Not Get Mugged

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is bigger and better than ever in 2010, with the street celebrations having surged in popularity over the last ten years an...

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Brazil Brothers Charged With Burying Father Alive

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Two brothers were charged with killing their father, a local Afro-Brazilian religious leader, by knocking him out with sleeping...

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Brazil: Sao Paulo Tunnel Thieves Steal Nearly $6 Million Whilst Soccer Grips Nation

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAO PAULO — Thieves who spent months tunneling from a rented house to an armored car company's safe made off with nearly $6 million over the wee...

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Brazil, Newest Olympic City, Rattled By Violence

nytimes.com | ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO Just over two weeks ago, this striking city landed the 2016 Olympic Games, the first ever in South America, setting off a sweaty, impr...

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Brazil's Crime Keeps Armored Car Demand High

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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After being robbed twice in traffic, once at gunpoint, João Neves cast aside whatever concerns he had about the global economic crisis and bought him...

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