Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – A couple assaulted and robbed a woman returning to work on foot after meeting friends for lunch in Bandeirantes Gardens Monday, reported Brazilian online media Tuesday. Of course, people rob their fellow Paulistas every … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Federal Highway Police (PRF) arrested a ‘chupacabra’ masked trucker in Bahia state over the three-day weekend for driving dangerously, reported online media. According to the PRF, the big rig driver wore a mask in … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News RIO DE JANEIRO – A website published police photographs of body parts belonging to slain food industry executive Marcos Matsunaga Thursday, reported Brazil’s Portuguese-language site G1, part of Globo TV. The multimillionaire business person, CEO of Yoki … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – Civil Police arrested a 64-year-old drug dealer known as ‘Granny Crack,’ Friday morning in central Sao Paulo, reported online media. Police, armed with a search warrant, entered the woman’s apartment and found 100 rocks … Continue reading
Brazil Human Interest News RIO DE JANEIRO – Residents of a town in Bahia state plundered the contents of a semi-truck Wednesday morning, making off with a load of chocolate, reported online media. The truck and its trailer overturned on … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – A Sao Paulo judge has awarded temporary custody of Elize and Marcos Matsunaga’s daughter to members of the slain man’s family. Elize, 30, remains in jail charged with killing her husband Marcos, 41, dismembering … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO – Police arrested three members of the feminist group FEMEN around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday after a protest at the Russian consulate, reported online media. Wearing only panties and carrying placards, with slogans painted on their semi-nude … Continue reading
Brazil Drug News SAO PAULO — A new study shows that most of the ecstasy seized by police in the state of São Paulo during the past year is bogus, reported Brazil’s largest circulation newspaper on Sunday. The study shows … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – Elize Matsunaga, 30, who admitted to killing her husband and cutting his body to pieces, is enjoying a quiet routine in jail. Almost two months after killing her millionaire husband, food industry executive Marcos … Continue reading
Brazil News BRASILIA – An armed man robbed a sex shop in the capital on Wednesday evening, taking only an 18-carat gold-plated vibrator. The robber forced the clerk to take the item, called Nea and sold by special order only, … Continue reading
