[BenLurkin]

Apparently there is a kernel of truth to this

https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-sends-troops-state-torn-violence-due-police-183009012.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4195318/Thugs-randomly-shooting-passes.html

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

The only other reference that I have seen was small article on Drudge .

[LostInBayport]

Reuters has a story too

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-violence-espirito-santo-idUSKBN15L26A?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29&&rpc=401

and the Daily Mirror has a brief one but with awful pictures.

[Zathras]

WOW.