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Rio Issues Arrest Warrants For Men Linked to Collapse of Buildings

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Rio police authorities have issued arrest warrants for three people linked to the collapse of two buildings earlier which caused the death of twenty people.

Builder José Bezerra Lira and real estate agents Rafael Costa and Renato Ribeiro were identified by residents of the Muzema favela community as being responsible for the construction and the sale of the apartments in the two buildings that collapsed.

“We asked for the arrest of these three, who were effectively recognized, as the builder and two sellers (of buildings)," police chief Adriana Belem was . . .

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