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{{byline|date=November 15, 2004|location=[[w:Rio de Janeiro|RIO DE JANEIRO]], [[Brazil]]}} Two lawyers of accused drug dealer Luiz Fernando da Costa (also known as Fernando Beira-Mar) were arrested Sunday November 14 in a restaurant located at Rio de Janeiro city in Brazil. They have been accused of bribing Brazilian federal police officers.

Luiz Fernando da Costa, known as Fernando Beira-Mar or Fernandinho Beira-Mar, is one of the biggest drug dealers of [[w:Latin America|Latin America]] according to police. Beira-Mar was arrested by the [[w:National Army of Colombia|Colombian army]] at April 20-21, 2001, in a [[w:Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] camp located at a forest near [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] and then transferred to Brazil where he is been in prison until now.

According to officers the lawyers had offered [[w:Brazilian real|R$]]200,000 ([[w:United States dollar|US$]]71,658.9) to police officers asking them to release Marcos José Monteiro Carneiro, another man accused of being a drug dealer.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://br.news.yahoo.com/041114/25/p10j.html
 |title=Advogados de Beira-Mar são presos em flagrante
 |author=Agência Estado
 |pub=
 |date=November 14, 2004}} {{Source offline}} {{pt}}
*{{source|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/mundo/ult94u23513.shtml
 |title=Exército colombiano captura Fernandinho Beira-Mar
 |author=Reuters
 |pub=Agência Folha
 |date=April 21, 2004}} {{pt}}

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Two lawyers of accused drug dealer Luiz Fernando da Costa (also known as Fernando Beira-Mar) were arrested Sunday November 14 in a restaurant located at Rio de Janeiro city in Brazil. They have been accused of bribing Brazilian federal police officers.

Luiz Fernando da Costa, known as Fernando Beira-Mar or Fernandinho Beira-Mar, is one of the biggest drug dealers of Latin America according to police. Beira-Mar was arrested by the Colombian army at April 20-21, 2001, in a FARC camp located at a forest near Colombia and Venezuela and then transferred to Brazil where he is been in prison until now.

According to officers the lawyers had offered R$200,000 (US$71,658.9) to police officers asking them to release Marcos José Monteiro Carneiro, another man accused of being a drug dealer.