UPP Takes Down 17-year-old Trafficker as He Slept with his Mistriss RIO DE JANEIRO – Urban Pacification Police or UPP stationed in the City of God slum in Rio de Janeiro, made famous in the 2002 movie of the same … Continue reading
Fifty-five now said to be injured RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A preliminary investigation into the tragic trolley accident in Rio de Janeiro Saturday, which killed five people and wounded 55 more, reveals that the tragedy was the result of … Continue reading
Explosion common method of bank robbery in Brazil SAO PAULO – Thieves in São Paulo have blown apart two more ATM machines in the greater metropolitan area over the last few days. The audacious robberies would bring the total to … Continue reading
Scores Injured in late afternoon accident RIO DE JANEIRO – At about 6 pm Saturday night local time, in the beautiful Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, the iconic tram that climbs up the mountain from Lapa, known locally … Continue reading
Man didn’t like wife’s hair short AMERICO BRASILIENSE, Brazil – A 34-year-old man was arrested after assaulting his wife late Friday night in Américo Brasiliense, a small agricultural town, known as the “city of sweetness” because of it’s sprawling sugar … Continue reading
Thought to be living in the United States, she killed husband for the money RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Heloísa Gonçalves Duque Soares Ribeiro, 61, known as the Black Widow, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 18 years in prison … Continue reading
About 30 people attending service also robbed SAO PAULO, Brazil – An armed gang with guns invaded an evangelical Assemblies of God church in Várzea Paulista, a city of 100,000 40 miles from São Paulo, on Friday. According to police, … Continue reading
Police were acting on a tip SAO PAULO – Police acting on a tip arrested an automobile salesman with 5.6 million reals (about 3.4 million US Dollars) in fifty real notes. The bogus banknotes were stuffed into four duffel bags … Continue reading
Also suspected of robbery RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – An Assembly of God pastor has been arrested for three counts of rape in Rio de Janeiro according to the Ministry of Public Safety. In addition to the rapes, the police … Continue reading
Brazil News RECIFE, Brazil – A 44-year-old woman in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, has been acquitted of hiring a hitman to kill her father who repeatedly raped her over thirty-five years and who impregnated her twelve times, according to … Continue reading
