Brazil probes ex-soldiers over dictatorship-era killing
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 19, 2014 - The Brazilian attorney general's office launched an investigation Monday into five retired soldiers accused of torturing and killing a congressman during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship. Brazil has never jailed any of those responsible for the military regime's abuses, mainly because of a 1979 amnesty law, but a judge last week in a separate case paved the way for Monday's acti ... more

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