Crooked cops helped Cardoso's killer escape

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Police in Mozambique helped the convicted murderer of an investigative journalist escape from jail earlier this month, the attorney general said on Thursday.

Anibal Antonio dos Santos (33) better known as Anibalzinho, broke out of Maputo's maximum security prison on May 10 while serving a 28-year sentence for organising the murder of journalist Carlos Cardoso in November 2000.

The escape came as a Maputo court prepared to announce the verdict in the trial of 20 people accused of being involved in defrauding the Banco Comercial de Mocambique of $14-million (12-million euros). Cardoso had been investigating the case when he was murdered.

Attorney General Joaquim Madeira said it was the second time that members of the national police force in the southeast African country had helped Dos Santos escape.

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