Zaqueu de Oliveira
Year: 1995
Nationality: Brazil
Killed by: Local Residents
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Press organization: Gazeta de Barroso
What's Zaqueu de Oliveira's story?
De Oliveira, editor of the monthly publication Gazeta de Barrosoin Minas Gerais, was shot and killed by a local merchant, José Carlosde Souza. The murder apparently stemmed from a dispute about articlesthe journalist had written concerning de Souza’s wife. De Oliveira’smother was also shot and wounded in the attack. De Souza maintained that he killed de Oliveira inself-defense.
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