Netflix series tells story of Brazil’s notorious police massacre of street children

In 1993 police killed eight young people sleeping outside a church in what became known as the Candelária massacre

For some inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, the most significant cross of the city’s most famous church, Nossa Senhora da Candelária, does not sit on the altar or atop the grand baroque church built in 1775, but outside.

In front of the Candelária church, a wooden cross about 2m (6.5ft) tall bears eight plaques with names.

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