Latest Brazilian High Profile Suicide Attempt: Man Sets Bus on Fire, Stabs Himself
A Rio de Janeiro man stabbed himself Thursday after attempting to set fire to a bus in the famous Copacabana...
August 23, 2019Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Man Killed by Sniper in Rio After Hijacking Bus on Rio-Niteroi Bridge
After three hours of a standoff on the bridge that connects the city of Niteroi to Rio de Janeiro, a...
August 20, 2019
Governor Witzel Suggests Cariocas Avoid Bus Stops During Police Actions
The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, after meeting with Vice President Hamilton Mourão in Brasilia, said on Monday...
August 20, 2019
Rio de Janeiro Not Yet Eligible for Federal Public Safety Funding
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The general coordinator of the National Secretariat of Public Safety (SENASP) of the Ministry of...
August 20, 2019
Operation Targeting Favela Baile Funk Party Leaves Three Dead in Rio
Police worked throughout Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday in Rio’s Cidade de Deus (City of God)...
August 19, 2019
Facial Recognition System Spots Wanted Drug Trafficker at Subway Station in Bahia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A 24-year-old man wanted for engaging in drug trafficking was arrested on Friday night, August...
August 19, 2019
Brazilian Police Find two Major Marijuana Plantations in Just Twenty-four Hours
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A plantation of approximately 40,000 marijuana plants was found by the police on Friday, August...
August 19, 2019
Rio Police Accused of Corruption After Photos of Drug Traffickers in Armored Vehicle
Nine police from Rio de Janeiro have been charged with providing support to drug traffickers following the discovery of photos...
August 16, 2019Five Arrested on Child Pornography Charges in São Paulo
Five men were arrested on Tuesday, August 13th, in four regions of the São Paulo capital on charges of storing...
August 16, 2019