RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat in Brazil was shot in the foot during an attempted robbery on a highway near Rio de Janeiro, highlighting surging violence in Rio state where an economic crisis has drained public resources.
Police said in a statement on Friday that the vice consul was taken from the scene near Angra dos Reis to the Hospital Samaritano in the state capital to undergo surgery.
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