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Bolsonaro to Pardon Police Officers Involved in Violent Massacres in the 1990s

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday, August 31st, that he intends to pardon police officers who took part in the Eldorado dos Carajás and the Carandiru massacres, as well as those involved in the "Bus 174" shooting in Rio de Janeiro.

Bolsonaro met with a number of journalists during lunch at the Army headquarters, but the conversation could not be recorded or annotated.

Throughout the week, the president had already mentioned the plan to pardon police officers and that he would include "surprising names," without explaining whom he was referring to.

Bolsonaro is calling on . . .

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