Brazilian Police Massacre Rio Slum Dwellers
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Human Rights, Poverty, Poor People
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Brazil
- Date: August 30, 1993
Article abstract: The slaughter of twenty-one inhabitants of a Rio de Janeiro slum followed shortly after the murder of eight street children and focused world attention on the brutality of Brazil’s military police.
Death Squads Attack a Shanty Town
On the night of August 29-30, 1993, a squad of hooded, armed men appeared in the Vigário Geral slum. They broke into smaller squads and spread out across the slum. In Corsican Plaza stood carts that some residents used to sell juice and other soft drinks in the city. The attackers machine-gunned the carts,...
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