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Wilson Witzel gives a press conference after a court temporarily removed the former federal judge from his office of Rio de Janeiro Governor due to corruption charges, at the Palacio de Laranjeiras governors residence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Investigators accuse Witzel of participating in a scheme involving fraud in public contracts to benefit companies linked to him and others under investigation. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazilian state governor suspended during corruption probe

By RICARDO COLETTA - Associated Press

Governor calls Rio de Janeiro water problems “inadmissable”

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

In this July 23, 2019 photo, pedestrians walk on a footbridge that leads into the Mare complex slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian human rights and victims' groups are raising alarms about the record levels of deaths at police hands in the state of 17.2 million people. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Killings by police divide Brazilian city weary of crime

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019 file photo, Rio de Janeiro Gov. Wilson Witzel attends the swearing-in ceremony for the new president of state-run oil company Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Witzel said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that it is natural that deaths by the police will continue to rise during his term in office as a consequence of a policy of confrontation with terrorists. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Rio governor: rising police killings ‘normal,’ will continue

By MARCELO SILVA DA SOUSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2019 file photo, Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Wilson Witzel attends a press conference regarding the arrest of two suspects in the killing of councilwoman Marielle Franco, at Civil Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The human rights commission of Rio de Janeiro’s legislative assembly said in a letter sent Tuesday, May 8, 2019, that it is blaming Witzel for a surge in police killings. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Human rights commission condemns Brazilian governor

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

FILE - This June 8, 2014 file photo, shows an aerial view of the Maracana stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro's state government announced on Monday, March 18, 2019 that it will take back the control of the crisis-ridden Maracana stadium and break the contract with its private administrators. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Rio government takes back control of Maracana stadium

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In this Jan. 9, 2018 file photo, Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco smiles for a photo in Cinelandia square. Brazil's federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice. (AP Photo/Ellis Rua, File)

2 ex-cops arrested in killing of black Brazilian politician

By PETER PRENGAMAN and ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press