What is Tim Lopes?
{{Infobox person | name = Tim Lopes | image = Timlopes.jpg | alt = | caption = Brazilian investigative journalist Tim Lopes | birth_name = Arcanjo Antonino Lopes do Nascimento | birth_date={{Birth date|mf=yes|1950|11|18}} | birth_place= [[Pelotas]], [[Brazil]] | death_date={{Death date and age|mf=yes|2002|6|2|1950|11|18}} | death_place= Favela da Grota, [[Complexo do Alemão]], [[Rio de Janeiro (city)|Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil | death_cause= [[Assassination]] (gunshot wounds) | nationality = Brazilian | other_names = | known_for = In-depth features about people and culture of Rio de Janeiro | occupation = Investigative journalist | years active = }} '''Tim Lopes''' (born '''Arcanjo Antonino Lopes do Nascimento'''; November 18, 1950 – June 2, 2002) was a [[Brazilian people|Brazilian]] [[Investigative journalism|investigative journalist]] and producer for the Brazilian television network [[Rede Globo]]. == Abduction and assassination == In 2002, he was reported missing while working undercover on a story in one of Rio's [[favela]]s. It was later learned that Lopes was kidnapped by [[drug]] leaders. He was [[torture]]d by having his hands, arms, and legs severed with a sword while still alive. He was later burned alive on June 2, 2002.<ref name=folhasp>{{cite news|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/740136-autorizado-a-visitar-familia-condenado-por-morte-de-tim-lopes-foge-da-prisao.shtml|title=Autorizado a visitar família, condenado por morte de Tim Lopes foge da prisão|language=pt|publisher=[[Folha de S. Paulo]]|date=24 May 2010|author=Fábio Grellet|access-date=2013-07-06|location=[[Rio de Janeiro]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fenapef.org.br/fenapef/noticia/index/17079|title=Polícia encontra 4 corpos que seriam de traficantes queimados com pneus|language=pt|publisher=Federação Nacional dos Policiais Federais|date=18 September 2008|author=O Globo|access-date=2013-07-06|location=[[Rio de Janeiro]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013092509495