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Lula's supporters attack and trample an opposition party protester

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A man was beaten in front of the Lula Institute after Judge Sérgio Moro ordered the arrest of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva late Thursday, for crimes of passive corruption and money laundering. The senator Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ) was giving an interview in front of the place, in the Ipiranga neighborhood, south zone of São Paulo, when the man not yet identified interrupted the interview with shouts. "Come and fight with me, your thief. You'll not you be reelected again, you idiot?", shouted the protester. The senator then turned to the visibly irritated man and challenged him to talk face to face. At the same time, other supporters of the former president began to beat and kick the protester who ended up banging his head on a truck that was passing by. Lying on the ground, the protester continued to be kicked and then was carried by security guards to the Hospital São Camilo, which is in front of the Lula Institute. The leaders of the PT ...

Brazilian police arrest 14 members of the Chinese mafia in São Paulo

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On the morning of March 8, the Civil Police executed an operation against a Chinese mafia, which resulted in the arrest of 14 people in the cities of São Paulo and Guarujá. The investigations against this group, were started after an occurrence of three homicides of Chinese people, in the city of São Paulo. According to Elisabete Sato, a delegate responsible, "During the investigations, were discovered the practice of other crimes, such as cases of extortion, kidnapping, trafficking in women, exploitation, games, in short, a range of activities that give reasons to arrest". According to the State Department of Public Security (SSP), detainees and victims belong to the Chinese province of Fujian. When they arrived in Brazil, they went to the electronics trade and another to the two factions operating in the central part of the city, extorting money from their compatriots to offer protection and practice other crimes. "When people refused to pay, they were beate...