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Brazil police charge 7 for deaths caused by Samarco dam burst -report

Published 24/02/2016, 05:44 am
© Reuters.  Brazil police charge 7 for deaths caused by Samarco dam burst -report
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian police in the state of Minas Gerais charged six Samarco executives and one contractor for crimes relating to the deaths of 19 people caused by a burst tailings dam at a mine in November, the G1 news website reported on Tuesday.

The Samarco chief executive at the time of the incident, Ricardo Vescovi, was among those charged, according to the report.

Samarco is a joint venture of Vale SA VALE5.SA and BHP Billiton BLT.L .

Samarco had no immediate response to a request for comment.

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