Millionaire professor Benjamin Herdy paid more than $750,000 in cash and bitcoins for the freedom of his wife Anic Herdy, who was kidnapped in February
Rio de Janeiro will require police officers to wear bodycams after a raid against a drug trafficking ring that left 27 suspects and a cop dead
Rio de Janeiro s state government passed a bill Wednesday that will require cops and firemen to wear body cameras
The proposal is in response to a May 6 operation that left 27 alleged drug traffickers and a police officer dead during a shootout
Authorities will have two years to ensure that at least 50% of the police force and firemen have the cameras on their uniforms
Around 1,000 people marched through downtown Rio de Janeiro and accused far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of genocide through police violence
One officer killed during the battle which turned the Jacarezinho slum into a warzone on Thursday morning
Automatic rifles, armoured cars and helicopters were deployed by the police against thugs armed to the teeth
United Nations said it was deeply concerned today amid reports that cops carried out extra judicial killings
President Bolsonaro s son, a city councillor, expressed condolences to the family of the officer slain in the carnage, skipping mention of the 24 dead crooks