Tag: Brazil
Thirty-one detainees were brutally murdered Friday in the state of Roraima, a new massacre in a prison in northern Brazil, five days after the carnage of Manaus in Amazonia (56 deaths). A previous record established the number of deaths at 33. But after examination of the bodies, the authorities revised the balance sheet down to […]
Several people have been killed near the town of Mariana after a dam holding mining waste burst, engulfing houses and vehicles near the Germano mine in Minas Gerais. Brazilian media reported that at least 15 people have been killed and dozens are missing. There has been no official confirmation on the number of deaths. Mining […]
Masked gunmen have killed at least 19 people and injured seven more in a series of shootings on the outskirts of Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo, authorities say. “This is very serious and merits a special investigation,” said Secretary of Public Security for Sao Paulo State Alexandre de Moraes in a Friday statement. “We […]
