Reporter Who Wrote of Brazilian Death Squads Found Slain
from Reuters
SAO PAULO, Brazil —
A Brazilian police reporter who had often investigated death squad killings was shot dead last week in the Amazon city of Manaus.
Police said Luis Otavio Monteiro, 39, was shot four times in the head. His body was dumped on low-lying ground in Manaus’ industrial district, where death squad victims are often found.
Brazilian press reports said that 21 murders in Manaus last year were attributed to death squads and that not one of them was solved.
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