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A Uber driver lived moments of terror in Belo Horizonte, in the interior of Brazil. The man was thrown into an area of ​​about 20 meters high, in the Belvedere neighborhood, after being robbed. Tiago Souza da Silva, 29, had been missing for nearly a week after to do a run around the neighborhood. There is no information yet about the robber. The investigations began in the night when Tiago disappeared and his car was found in the morning in Mariana, in the central region of Minas Gerais. The police are still investigating to get to the criminal. The victim was on a background of a cliff, with 20 meters high, beside the Jose Maria Alkmin Avenue, in Belvedere neighborhood. The Fire Department was called and rappelling techniques was used to get to Tiago, in a location that was difficult to access. The victim was placed on a stretcher and suspended by a rope to reach a high point, near the site. The driver was injured and was taken by the Mobile Emergency Service to the João XX...

Mariana: biggest natural disaster of the Brazil Presenting like as representatives of a Rio de Janeiro contractor interested in collaborating on rebuild after the mudslide tragedy in Mariana (MG), a group falsified documents, rented 10 vehicles - between trucks and backhoe loaders - cleaned the mud for days and then disappeared, taking part of the equipment and causing a loss of BRL 2 million (US$ 500,000) to companies and workers of the city. A pickup truck with the value of BRL 90,000 (US$ 23,000) was stolen too. The scammers left debts in two car rental shops, in a gas station, in a hotel and ten unpaid employees. In January, they began to remove the mud from the affected sites and worked for a week.  "After a week, they said they would take the equipment to be serviced," said the mayor. To get the job done, they rented the vehicles in Belo Horizonte and the pickup truck in Mariana. They also hired ten locals to work.  No one was paid. The vehicles ha...