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"He Was Murdered": Mother Of Teen Killed in Rio Raids, Death Count At 119
The head, its hair dyed red, was severed from the body and found in dense vegetation near a Rio favela, some 24 hours after Brazil's deadliest-ever police operation. It belonged to 19-year-old Iago Ravel.
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Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage Lures Pregnant Teen, Cuts Baby From Womb In Brazil
A pregnant teenager in Brazil was murdered by a woman who had suffered a miscarriage and sought to steal her unborn child.
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3 Women Die In Brazil After Eating Homemade Christmas Cake, Poisoning Suspected
This incident has drawn parallels to a similar case in Australia involving Erin Patterson, who faced a murder trial after her meal caused three deaths.
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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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"He Was Murdered": Mother Of Teen Killed in Rio Raids, Death Count At 119
The head, its hair dyed red, was severed from the body and found in dense vegetation near a Rio favela, some 24 hours after Brazil's deadliest-ever police operation. It belonged to 19-year-old Iago Ravel.
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Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage Lures Pregnant Teen, Cuts Baby From Womb In Brazil
A pregnant teenager in Brazil was murdered by a woman who had suffered a miscarriage and sought to steal her unborn child.
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3 Women Die In Brazil After Eating Homemade Christmas Cake, Poisoning Suspected
This incident has drawn parallels to a similar case in Australia involving Erin Patterson, who faced a murder trial after her meal caused three deaths.
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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.
