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Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves

In August last year, Brazilian farmer Reinaldo Huijsmans reported a break-in at his house in the town of Maracaju, where thieves stole six legally registered weapons, including a T4 Taurus assault rifle.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Ex-Federal Police detectives criticize Brazil's 'authoritarian and illegal' Supreme Court

A group of retired Federal Police detectives has released a statement accusing members of Brazil's Supreme Court of using the force to take what they called "authoritarian and illegal measures".

Reuters · Aug 26, 2022

Report: Brazil authorities turn blind eye to deforestation

Illegal loggers have destroyed some 18,500 square kilometers (7,100 square miles) of public forests over the past six years in the Brazilian Amazon

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Dom Phillips: 5 questions as Brit dies in jungle - from confession to mystery call

Dom Phillips' wife Alessandra Sampaio said the discovery of her beloved husband's body would now allow his heartbroken family to "bring them home and say goodbye with love"

Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022

Brazil police find remains in search for UK journalist, suspect confesses - investigators

Police have found human remains in their search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira after a suspect confessed to killing them in the Amazon rainforest, investigators said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 15, 2022

Family of suspect in Amazon disappearance: 'He is innocent'

The family of the only suspect in the disappearance of a British journalist and Indigenous official in the Amazon is claiming he is innocent

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

Outrage in Brazil as man dies in police car ‘gas chamber’

A preliminary autopsy concluded the man died of respiratory failure due to ‘mechanical asphyxia’

Evening Standard · May 27, 2022

Police in Brazil filmed ‘gassing mentally ill man to death in boot of car’

Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, was stopped by federal police in the city of Umbaúba on Wednesday

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Brazil police cast doubt on reported rape and death of Yanomami teenager

Brazilian federal police said on Friday it was still investigating the alleged rape and death of a 12-year-old Yanomami girl by illegal gold miners, but cast doubt on the truth of the allegations.

Reuters · May 6, 2022

Brazil police probe Education Ministry graft allegations, source says

Brazil's Federal Police have opened an investigation into allegations of corruption in the Education Ministry, a police source told Reuters on Friday, potentially adding to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of October elections.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2022