RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Friday, May 7, Justice Edson Fachin of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) described as "serious" the allegations of abuses in the police operation in a Rio de Janeiro favela, whose death toll is now 28, and said he had seen signs of "arbitrary executions" in videos he had analyzed. The magistrate sent a request to the Federal Prosecutor General (PGR) to verify the allegations and in response to a petition from the Legal Aid Group of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to open an investigation into alleged police abuses in Thursday's . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here