"A city council member and her driver were shot to death by two unidentified attackers on a downtown street Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro... on Saturday accused officers of being overly aggressive in searching residents of gang-controlled shantytowns" https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/03/14/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-rio-council-slaying.html …
.@guardian editorial on #MarielleFranco: “international condemnation of this murder [...] offers moral support to protesters and reminds mainstream politicians that Brazil will be judged on whether it brings Franco’s killers to justice”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/16/the-guardian-view-on-the-of-brazilian-politicians-marielle-francos-legacy …