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Militias were created to guarantee law and order. They have become ruthless criminal gangs.

Born to Fight Crime in the 1990s, Rio’s Militias Have Become Just Another Criminal Organization

In mid-May 2008, a journalist, a photographer and their driver were kidnapped and tortured ...

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Ana Paula Pellegrino, Dandara Tinoco, Renata Giannini, Robert Muggah
Bullet-riddled car of suspect militia boss Felix Tostes from Rio, Brazil

Brazilian Militia’s Boss Executed with Over 60 Shots in Rio

A Brazilian police officer believed to be one of the bosses of Rio de ...

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José Wilson Miranda