11 Police Officers Arrested in Rio Slayings
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities arrested 11 police officers suspected of participating in the Thursday slayings of 30 people in two towns on Rio’s poor outskirts. Four of the officers were charged with murder and the others were confined to barracks.
Authorities believe that the killings were a show of force by rogue police angered by the arrest of eight officers caught on film disposing of two bodies. Officials said they were seeking a 12th suspect.
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