Brazilian Candidate for Governor Slain
Former Sen. Olavo Pires, the front-runner in the governor’s race in the remote Amazon state of Rondonia, was slain by two men wielding machine guns, an aide said today.
Pires, a center-right candidate for the Brazilian Labor Party, was killed late Tuesday as he returned to his office in downtown Porto Velho, 2,300 miles northwest of Rio, said the aide, Carlos Godoy.
Godoy accused Pires’ political opponents of his death but refused to elaborate. He said the candidate had received repeated death threats and had recently asked for police protection.
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