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Brazil prosecutors charge Vale, individuals in dam disaster

by Associated Press
| January 21, 2020 3:05 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against mining giant Vale, its German auditor Tuv Sud and 16 individuals alleging intentional homicide and environmental crimes in connection with a mine dam collapse that killed more than 250 people a year ago.

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