Tag: anti-crime crackdowns

• Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Brazilian evangelical pastor and husband of a lawmaker killed by two of 51 adopted children

  

  Police in Brazil suspects an evangelical pastor, the husband of a prominent federal lawmaker, was shot dead this week by two of their 55 children following an extramarital “betrayal,” according to news reports on Friday.

• Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Dozens of tourists victims of mass robbery when climbing the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio

  

  Dozens of tourists hiking toward the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro were held at gunpoint for up to two hours in a mass robbery that could mark an early test for anti-crime crackdowns promised by Brazil’s new president.