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title: Wallace Souza and Canal Livre - Murder for Ratings
description: "How Wallace Souza, a former police officer turned politician and TV host, allegedly orchestrated murders to boost ratings for his sensationalist crime show Canal Livre in Manaus, Brazil."
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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---

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How Wallace Souza, a former police officer turned politician and TV host, allegedly orchestrated murders to boost ratings for his sensationalist crime show Canal Livre in Manaus, Brazil.
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