The Candelaria child massacre
Witness History
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Yvonne's Story of a Child's Death
In 1993, there were more than 3,000 children living on the streets of Brazil's second biggest city. Yvonne Vombesero de Melo dedicated her life to those children. Eight kids murdered in the middle of the night and it all happened outside a church. Some of them took their last breath as Yvonne held them in her arms.
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