Brazil - Popular blogger Décio Sá gunned down in Maranhão state

Reporters without borders

Décio Sá, a political reporter and high-profile blogger based in São Luís, the capital of the northeastern state of Maranhão, was gunned down in a bar yesterday. He had worked for 17 years on the political desk of O Estado do Maranhão, a regional paper owned by the Mirante de Comunicação group. His blog, Blog de Décio, was one of the most popular in the northeast. “Every effort must be made to shed light on Sá's murder, which was clearly planned with great care,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We (...)

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