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Brazil: Rio Governor Says Armed Forces Can Shoot to Kill

HeadlineJan 08, 2019

Meanwhile in Rio, human rights advocates are sounding alarm bells after the new governor, Wilson Witzel, said Thursday that city security forces were authorized to shoot to kill suspects. Later on, he said Rio should have its own Guantánamo Bay to house criminals, whom he labeled “terrorists.”

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