Tag: Murder Rate Rio de Janeiro

Column by Scott Salmon RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian cities – and especially Rio de Janeiro – have a reputation for being dangerous places. It is a reputation well-deserved. Until recently Brazil was home to 17 of the world’s 50...

By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) decided this Tuesday to release former President Michel Temer (MDB) and João Baptista Lima Filho, known as Coronel Lima, from custody. The ruling was set to take...

By Arkady Petrov RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Military and Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro killed 434 people from January to March of this year, according to the ISP (Institute of Public Security). Almost five (4.82) were killed...

By Henry Montalto RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -  Eyewitnesses reported an unannounced police operation in Complexo do Alemão in the North Zone of Rio in the early afternoon. Jean Dava, a Jiu-Jitsu professor, and social projects voluntary was accidentally shot and...