Brazil in shock: Justice investigating country's major corruption dies in air crash

Friday, January 20th 2017 - 12:42 UTC

Full article 12 comments

Brazil's President Michel Temer on Thursday evening made an official statement to mourn the death of Supreme Court judge Teori Zavascki, who was killed earlier in the day in a plane crash. Temer declared three days of national mourning in Brazil for the death of the Justice, who was in charge of the court's investigation into a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Read full article

Comments

Disclaimer & comment rules

Marti Llazo
Obviously a suicide.

I hear that some of CFK's “investigators” are being sent to pollute the crime scene.
Jan 20th, 2017 - 01:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
-+
Briton
dies in air crash
Conspiracy perhaps.
Jan 20th, 2017 - 08:46 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
-+
:o))
The End of the “Investigations & Operations”?
Jan 21st, 2017 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
Hepatia
The impeachment of Dilma was motivated by the need to protect the corrupt. With this death this end has been achieved. With this death Temer should be seen as nothing more than a mobster boss.

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/20/small-plane-crash-that-killed-brazils-key-corruption-judge-demands-investigation-and-protection-from-temer/
Jan 22nd, 2017 - 04:25 am - Link - Report abuse -1
-+
Marti Llazo
Brazil will be returned to Portugal within 25 years.
Jan 22nd, 2017 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
:o))
Marti Llazo: Portugal can't even handle its own scandals! Those “imported” from Brazil will be too much of an additional burden: http://brazzil.com/category/corruption/
Jan 22nd, 2017 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
Tarquin Fin
Zavascki has been Nismanized.
Jan 23rd, 2017 - 03:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
Jack Bauer
Hepatia will be silenced in 25 years.....Dilma was impeached to stop Brazil going down the drain.....
...just like you lefties to come up with some stupid conspiracy theory.....besides, within the sphere of the “Lavajato”, judge Moro is the main player ; while Zavascki's death is a personal tragedy for his family and a loss for Brazil, the impact it will have is merely the delaying of of the investigation until all the Odebrecht plea-bargains are homologated by another supreme court Justice. After that, Lula and Dilma will be incarcerated....hopefullly in one of the prisons in the northeast of Brazil...
Jan 23rd, 2017 - 05:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
DemonTree
Ah, but if the investigation is delayed it gives the politicians more time to pass a law pardoning themselves when no one is paying attention.

And the right is at least as bad when it comes to conspiracy theories, if not worse.
Jan 23rd, 2017 - 10:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
:o))
The Solution - [The Corrupt & The Criminals]: Send them to Kuwait: REF: AP News:
https://apnews.com/370cfbb4f05a4071848e6bd7279317cc/Kuwait-hangs-7-prisoners,-including-royal,-in-mass-execution?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
Jan 25th, 2017 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
Jack Bauer
@DT
Sure it does, but the bastards in Congress don't need any 'delays' to pass legislation that favours them...when it comes down to decisions that benfit them, such as pardoning themeselves for past crimes, increasing their own salaries, they show great creativity, and speed.
Jan 25th, 2017 - 08:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
:o))
There still is PLENTY of cash: “Federal Government to Provide Rio with R$6.5 Billion in Loans”: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/brazil-federal-government-to-provide-rio-with-r6-5-billion-in-loans/
Jan 29th, 2017 - 10:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
-+

Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!