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Varginha: Executing Suspects with a 'Shot in the Back' Is 'Preventive Self-Defense,' Says Mpf
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The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Minas Gerais (MPF-MG) concluded that federal and military highway police officers acted in "preventive self-defense" when they killed 21 people, 20 of whom were suspected of being part of a bank robbery ring, during an operation on two farms in the rural area of Varginha, Minas Gerais, on October 31, 2021. The incident, known as the Varginha Massacre, resulted in 26 deaths and became the deadliest Federa…
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