The most infamous policeman in the country -- blamed for the massacre of 111 prisoners in 1992 -- has been murdered at his upmarket apartment in Sao Paulo. Colonel Ubiratan Guimaraes, a former military police commander who oversaw the invasion of the Carandiru prison in 1992, was found wrapped in a towel and with a single bullet wound to his chest at around 10pm on Sunday. Police said there was no immediate sign of links to the recent wave of "terrorist" attacks in Sao Paulo that have claimed hundreds of lives -- principally policemen, prison guards and "suspects" -- since May.
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Radio host charged in killing
A popular radio talk-show host charged with killing his estranged wife was released from jail on Monday night after posting bond in Gretna, Louisiana. Bail had been set on Friday at US$250,000 for Vince Marinello, 69. He had been in jail on second-degree murder charges since Thursday. Mary Marinello, a 45-year-old respiratory therapist, died Sept. 1, a day after she was shot twice in the face as she stood in a parking lot. The attack was first described as a botched robbery, but Sheriff Harry Lee said that theory was discarded after surveillance tapes were examined. Deputies searched Vince Marinello's hurricane-damaged house and a friend's home. Lee said a handwritten checklist of the plans for the attack was found.
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