Murders of Brazilian Election Candidates Raise Security Concerns
- Brazil soldiers will monitor vote in 408 municipalities
- Candidates shot in Rio de Janiero, Goais, Mato Grosso states
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Brazil’s top electoral authority has expressed concern with a wave of assassinations of candidates before municipal elections this Sunday and requested reinforced security.
Two people were killed and others injured in separate shootings involving mayoral candidates in the states of Goias and Mato Grosso since Wednesday. Around a dozen candidates and politicians have been murdered in recent months in Rio de Janeiro, where criminal groups control many of the city’s low-income communities.