News (Media Awareness Project) - Brazil: Journalist's Remains Recovered |
| Title: | Brazil: Journalist's Remains Recovered |
| Published On: | 2002-07-06 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-23 00:41:25 |
JOURNALIST'S REMAINS RECOVERED
More than a month after the disappearance of a crime reporter, Tim Lopes,
caused a national outcry against drug lords and inept and corrupt police
work, his charred remains were recovered from a clandestine cemetery. He
vanished on June 2 while pursuing an undercover investigation into gangs
that dominate the squatter slums of Rio de Janeiro and was reported to have
been executed by a local drug boss nicknamed Elias the Madman, to shield
his activities.
More than a month after the disappearance of a crime reporter, Tim Lopes,
caused a national outcry against drug lords and inept and corrupt police
work, his charred remains were recovered from a clandestine cemetery. He
vanished on June 2 while pursuing an undercover investigation into gangs
that dominate the squatter slums of Rio de Janeiro and was reported to have
been executed by a local drug boss nicknamed Elias the Madman, to shield
his activities.
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