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Charges Filed Against Twelve Soldiers in Slaying of Musician and Bystander

By C.H. Gardiner

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last month, soldiers from the Army's 1st Motorized Infantry Battalion were advised that a white sedan was conducting robberies in the area of Guadalupe in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro.

In the days before, two military vehicles driving in the area had been shot at by suspected traffickers. According to witnesses, when a motorized patrol came across a white sedan matching the description, the soldiers opened fire. But that was the wrong vehicle: inside the car was a family of four.

The shooting left two innocent people dead, and . . .

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