Brazilian federal prosecutors have opened a probe into a botched army operation ...
Luciana Nogueira, widow of Evaldo Rosa dos Santos, who was killed during a military operation, reacts during Santos' funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 10, 2019. Picture taken April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Last month, soldiers stationed in a violent Rio neighborhood pumped 80 bullets into a family’s car, killing Evaldo Rosa dos Santos and Luciano Macedo and injuring two others.After the shooting, the army said it had arrested 10 soldiers in a probe run by military investigators.
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