Have You Misplaced a Million Dollars?

by Michael Hone

If so, Brazil is looking for you

BELEM, Brazil – Federal Tax Authorities are looking for the owner of almost one million U.S. dollars, plus smaller amounts of other foreign currencies, abandoned by its owner on a cargo plane flying from Sao Paulo to Belem, Para, in April. If the owner is not located by November, the money will be forfeited.

Angry Mob Burns Military Police Battalion

by Michael Hone

After Shooting by Military Police, Mob Burns Civil and Military Police Stations

BELEM, Brazil – The city of Sao Sebastiao da Boa Vista, on the Marajo Archipelago, in the State of Para saw some tense moments Saturday night. According to an article on O Globo online, angry residents stormed and torched the 9th Military Police Battalion. The group also ransacked and looted the Civil Police station in the city.