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Tim Lopes (born Arcanjo Antonino Lopes do Nascimento; November 18, 1950 – June 2, 2002) was a Brazilian investigative journalist and producer for the Brazilian television network ''Rede Globo''. In 2002, the media reported him missing while working undercover on a story in one of Rio's favelas. It was later learned that Lopes had been accosted by drug traffickers who controlled the area; was kidnapped; driven to the top of a neighboring favela in the trunk of a car; tied to a tree and subjected to a mock trial; tortured by having his hands, arms, and legs severed with a sword while still alive; and then had his body placed within tires, covered in gasoline and set on fire – a practice that traffickers have dubbed ''micro-ondas'' (allusion to the microwave oven〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=micro-ondas )〕). The details of Lopes' death received substantial attention in Brazil's media because of the barbarity of the crime and due to it highlighting the existence, particularly at that time, of ''poder paralelo'' (parallel power) within Rio – meaning criminals controlling certain areas of the city with impunity. ==Early life== Tim Lopes was born Arcanjo Antonino Lopes do Nascimento in Pelotas, Brazil, the fourth child of a family of twelve. When he was 8 years old, his parents moved the family to Rio de Janeiro, where they lived in humble circumstances in the Mangueira favela in a three-room shanty.〔From documentary "Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty" (2005); sponsored by The Committee to Protect Journalists; Produced by Feature Docs; Narrated by Anderson Cooper〕 Mangueira is home to the samba school, Mangueira and is located on a hill near Maracanã soccer stadium. Years later as a journalist, Lopes would produce a piece about Mangueira samba and one of its founders, the Carioca sambista Carlos Cachaça. Cachaça saw the story and commented to a sambista friend, Monarco, of the Velha Guarda da Portela, that Lopes' reporting was "the best material that he had ever seen" on Mangueira.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Film trailer: Histórias de Arcanjo - um documentário sobre Tim Lopes )〕 In 2002, Lopes was co-writing a book, about Mangueira samba school and his experience growing up there, with Alexander Medeiros. Lopes was one of the founders of the Carnaval bloco, “Simpatia é quase amor” of Ipanema, and had served as an official judge of the annual carnival procession at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí. He was a dedicated fan of the professional Rio football club, Vasco da Gama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim Lopes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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