Brazil's top prosecutor has said Vale's executives could be punished for dam failure



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The Prosecutor General of Brazil, Raquel Dodge, attends a press conference in Brasilia, Brazil, on November 29, 2018. REUTERS / Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian Attorney General announced Monday that he would sue after the collapse of a tailings dam operated by mining giant Vale SA (VALE3.SA) killed at least 58 people and left hundreds of people missing, and these leaders could be punished.

"It is also important to hold the company for severely responsible for compensation," said Attorney General Raquel Dodge, at an event in Sao Paulo, broadcast on Globonews TV channel.

Report by Tatiana Bautzer and Pedro Fonseca; Edited by Daniel Flynn

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