Six Portuguese found dead

Rio De Janeiro - Six Portuguese businessmen, missing in Brazil for almost two weeks, were found dead yesterday near the north…

Rio De Janeiro - Six Portuguese businessmen, missing in Brazil for almost two weeks, were found dead yesterday near the north-eastern city of Fortaleza, police said. Their bodies, marked by bullet and stab wounds, were buried under a layer of cement at a beach outside the city, police said.

The discovery follows the arrest on Thursday of a Portuguese national, Mr Luis Miguel Miltao Guerreiro, who confessed to the crime and told police where he dumped the bodies.

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