Have Brazilian police gone rogue?

Gunmen killed 35 people in Manaus and suspicions are growing that police officers were involved

Brazilian police
(Image credit: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)

Last weekend, 35 people were killed in execution-style shootings by balaclava-wearing gunmen in the Brazilian city of Manaus. The suspected trigger for the killings was the murder of a military police sergeant – and some detectives are beginning to suspect their own men.

What is the background to the killings?

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