Brazil’s Sky-High Murder Rate Begins to Fall

Homicides in Brazil dropped about 20% in the first half of the year, reversing a violent trend

BRASÍLIA—Homicides in Brazil have declined by a fifth this year after falling in 2018 at the fastest rate in at least a decade, reversing a violent trend that has haunted Latin America’s biggest nation and propelled a law-and-order politician to the presidency.

Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro told The Wall Street Journal that murders dropped about 20% this year through June, compared with the same period a year earlier. His comments come as the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, a nongovernmental research group, on Tuesday...

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