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Word: esquadrao (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tortured, and then killed by a salvo of bullets fired by all the assembled cops. A coup de grace is finally administered above the ear, and often a piece of paper is left by the body bearing a skull and crossbones and the initials E.M.-the sign of Esquadrao da Morte. Sometimes there is also a note saying "I pushed marijuana" or "I was a car thief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Enforcement: The Death Squads of Rio | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

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