Brazil Crime & Punishment News CURITIBA, Brazil — Two jail inmates tried to escape custody on Tuesday, hidden in garbage bags, reported online media. Police said the attempted escape occurred around noon, when they serve lunch to the inmates.
Brazil News SAO PAULO – Fearing the worst, a police bomb squad detonated a suitcase found abandoned in front of a São Paulo Synagogue Tuesday. The bag had been left at the corner of São Vicente de Paula St. and … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO – Elize Matsunaga, 30, who admitted to killing her husband and cutting his body to pieces, advertized herself as a “very loving blond” on an escort service website, reported online media. Elize left the profession after … Continue reading
Brazil News PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Police in Southern Brazil will charge an elderly woman with murder after she shot dead a man who invaded her home on Saturday, reported online media. According to her family, the 87-year old pensioner … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO – Police in São Paulo pulled over the car driven by Elize Matsunaga the night she carried her husband’s body parts packed in suitcases, reported Folha de São Paulo on Friday. On Wednesday, Elize Matsunaga admitted … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO – The wife of a food industry executive admitted to police that she shot her husband in the head, dismembered his body and scattered the remains in Greater São Paulo, reported online media on Wednesday. Charged … Continue reading
Brazil News FORTALEZA, Brazil – Police in Northeast Brazil arrested a 27-year-old man for necrophilia in a cemetery after he sexually violated the corpse of an elderly woman. The suspect broke open the tomb containing the body of the 86-year-old … Continue reading
Brazil News FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – Brazilian Customs interdicted 20 tons of Spanish hospital waste arriving at the Port of Itajai, Santa Catarina state in Southern Brazil, reported online media on Thursday.
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Police arrested a 70-year-old woman on Tuesday, accusing her of masterminding the murder of her own son. They say that she paid R$20 thousand reals (about $10 thousand dollars) to have her son killed, … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – A brother and sister team was arrested last Tuesday in the Portal do Morumbi region of Sao Paulo. The man was arrested for possession of cloned bank cards and the woman for trying to … Continue reading
