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SAO PAULO - Thieves in São Paulo have blown apart two more ATM machines in the greater metropolitan area over the last few days. The audacious robberies would bring the total to at least 42 so far this year carried out by criminal gangs in the state.
Blasted ATM (photo: vpon.wordpress.com)
RIO DE JANEIRO - At about 6 pm Saturday night local time, in the beautiful Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, the iconic tram that climbs up the mountain from Lapa, known locally as the bonde, derailed and slid backwards for over 50 meters killing five and injuring at least thirty, reported Folha de São Paulo.
AMERICO BRASILIENSE, Brazil - A 34-year-old man was arrested after assaulting his wife late Friday night in Américo Brasiliense, a small agricultural town, known as the “city of sweetness” because of it's sprawling sugar cane fields, 280 km from São Paulo.
Bad Hair (photo: bp.blogspot.com)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Heloísa Gonçalves Duque Soares Ribeiro, 61, known as the Black Widow, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 18 years in prison for the death her second husband, in February 1992. The fugitive was also not present for her trail last month in a downtown Rio de Janeiro courtroom.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – An armed gang with guns invaded an evangelical Assemblies of God church in Várzea Paulista, a city of 100,000 40 miles from São Paulo, on Friday. According to police, 30 people were attending a service at the church when the crime occured.
Brazilian Church (photo: panoramio.com)
SAO PAULO – Police acting on a tip arrested an automobile salesman with 5.6 million reals (about 3.4 million US Dollars) in fifty real notes. The bogus banknotes were stuffed into four duffel bags inside of the Ford Fiesta he was driving.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - An Assembly of God pastor has been arrested for three counts of rape in Rio de Janeiro according to the Ministry of Public Safety. In addition to the rapes, the police have charged the suspect of robbery.
CARUARU, Pernambuco– A 44-year-old woman, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, has been acquitted of hiring a hitman to kill her father who repeatedly raped her over thirty-five years and who impregnated her twelve times, according to court officials.
MACEIO, Alagoas - The former mayor of Marechal Deodoro in the state of Alagoas was arrested early Wednesday and charged with embezzling money from public coffers. 'Operation Bandwagon' was conducted by the Federal Police and culminated in the arrest on Tuesday of the former mayor Danilo Damaso and his son Liberalino Ribeiro de Almeida Neto.
MACEIO, Alagoas - An armed gang broke into the Queen of Peace Convent on Sunday evening. The convent is located in the Santa Amelia neighborhood, next to the Don Bosco House, another Catholic institution, in Maceió, Alagoas. The armed men asulted a group of nuns and stole cash, a laptop, TV and cellphones. This was the second assault on the convent in the past year.
RIO DE JANEIRO – A cold front slammed Rio de Janeiro early Saturday morning hitting the city with cold temperatures and heavy rain. Due to the inclement weather, landings and takeoffs at both the Santos Dumont and Antonio Carlos Jobim International airports were operating on instruments.
