Pubdate: Sat, 06 Jul 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Larry Rohter, NYT
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1187/a06.html

JOURNALIST'S REMAINS RECOVERED

More than a month after the disappearance of a crime reporter, Tim Lopes, 
caused a national outcry against drug lords and inept and corrupt police 
work, his charred remains were recovered from a clandestine cemetery. He 
vanished on June 2 while pursuing an undercover investigation into gangs 
that dominate the squatter slums of Rio de Janeiro and was reported to have 
been executed by a local drug boss nicknamed Elias the Madman, to shield 
his activities.
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