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Two Rio Police Officers Arrested for Killing Spanish Tourist in Rocinha

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last evening, October 24th, Rio's Military Police announced that the institution's General Court called for the arrest of the two policemen that killed Maria Ruiz Jimenez, the 67 year-old Spanish tourist who was shot dead in Rocinha yesterday morning.

According to the Police, the case was considered as flagrant crime. The two officers (one of them is a Lieutenant) were sent to a Military Police Prison Unit in Niterói, Rio's neighbor municipality.

"The case will be sent to Rio's State Military Public Ministry. They will. . .

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