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Sep 2022
9m 25s

The murder that shocked Brazil

Bbc World Service
About this episode

In 2002, an investigative journalist called Tim Lopes was brutally killed by a drug gang in Rio de Janeiro. The murder sent shockwaves throughout Brazil.

His son, Bruno Quintella, spoke to Mike Lanchin in 2014.

This programme contains descriptions of violence and some listeners may find parts of it distressing.

(Photo: Tim Lopes and his son, Bruno, courtesy of the family)

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