Legend of Besouro

      There is a legend of a capoeirista named Besouro.  Besouro lived in Brazilin and was of African descent, his parents were shipped to the Americas as slaves.  Besouro got in a confrontation one night with another man and to defend himself the struggle resulted with Besouro killing the other man.  The police were soon after Besouro and knew that he was a capoerista; at that time it was illegal for anyone to practice capoeira in Brazil.  As the legend goes three armed policemen find Besouro but Besouro was a powerful capoeirista who knew magic, he vanished like a whiff of smoke and left the clumsy police men confused.  The police were tracking Besoura for weeks before they found him again.  This time one police officer managed