Rio de Janeiro  - A grenade explosion left 10 people injured at a funk dance in a Rio de Janeiro slum early Monday, the authorities said.

Rio de Janeiro  - Brazil extradited Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, known as "Chupeta," to the United States on Friday, Brazilian authorities confirmed.

The US wants to try Ramirez Abadia, 44, for murder, international drug trafficking and money laundering.

Rio de Janeiro - At least 10 people were killed in an hourlong gun battle with police in a Rio de Janeiro slum as officers were hunting for a stolen beer truck.

Police told Brazilian media that all the dead were criminals and the only casualty among law enforcement was an injured officer in Monday's operation in the town of Duque de Caxias in the Mangueirinha slum.

Rio de Janeiro  - More than three months after "flying priest" Adelir de Carli went missing, authorities on Wednesday positively identified his remains.

DNA tests by police proved body parts found earlier this month off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state were the remains of the 42-year-old priest.

Father de Carli went missing in April while attempting to fly with 1,000 helium-filled party balloons tied to a chair.

Rio de Janeiro  - An 11-year-old boy in Brazil bit a pit bull that had attacked him causing the animal to flee, local media reported Thursday.

The boy, Gabriel da Silva, was attacked in the family's garden by their dog, Tita, on Tuesday, but fought back, biting the dog.

"Then Gabriel chocked the dog's neck and bit it. He is a champ," the boy's grandmother, Arlinda, said with pride when describing the incident in the town of Belo Horizonte in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais.

Reports said the boy broke a tooth, but received only minor injuries on his arm.

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