The murder that shocked Brazil

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In 2002, an investigative journalist called Tim Lopes was brutally killed by a drug gang in Rio de Janeiro. The murder sent shockwaves throughout Brazil. His son, Bruno Quintella, spoke to Mike Lanchin in 2014. This programme contains descriptions of violence and some listeners may find parts of it distressing. (Photo: Tim Lopes and his son, Bruno, courtesy of the family)

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0:00.0	What's up, y'all?
0:01.0	I'm Renee Montgomery and my podcast Untold Legends Aura is available now.
0:06.6	I'm looking back on the life of one of the most extraordinary black female sport stars
0:11.6	of the 20th century, whose name has been all but forgotten.
0:16.0	Aura, Washington.
0:18.1	Stay listening at the end of this podcast to find out more.
0:20.8	Hello and welcome to this edition of The Witness History Podcast from the BBC World
0:33.2	Service.
0:34.2	We're bringing you stories from Brazil ahead of the presidential elections in October.
0:39.4	Today we're taking you back to 2002 when the murder of investigative journalist Jim
0:45.5	Lopez at the hands of a drug gang sent shotways throughout the country.
0:50.9	His son Bruno Quintella spoke to Mike Lanchin in 2014 and just the warning, you may find
0:58.1	parts of this programme disturbing.
1:00.8	Bruno Quintella was just 19 years old when his father, Jim Lopez, a renowned investigative
1:06.2	journalist was brutally killed by drug gangs.
1:09.8	He was early June 2002, the first week of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
1:15.6	And like many other Brazilians, Bruno had been up all night watching the national team play.
1:20.6	He woke up late in the afternoon and immediately he knew something was wrong.
1:25.4	I watched my father's picture on the TV.
1:28.4	You saw your father's picture on the TV?
1:30.6	Yeah.
1:31.6	And the journalist who was saying, like, the journalist Tina Lopez has disappeared since
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