Rio de Janeiro’s state authorities has deployed a whole lot of law enforcement officials to a few of town’s sprawling and low-income neighborhoods
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s state authorities deployed a whole lot of law enforcement officials early Monday to a few of town’s sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime teams.
Safety forces focused not solely the Mare advanced of favelas by Rio’s worldwide airport, but in addition the adjoining Vila Cruzeiro neighborhood and the Metropolis of God neighborhood on town’s reverse aspect. All three are managed by the Pink Command drug trafficking group.
Current intelligence had indicated that crime bosses had migrated from Mare to the opposite two communities, Rio’s authorities mentioned on X, previously Twitter. It additionally mentioned 1,000 officers participated within the three-pronged raid.
Residents of the communities began listening to shootouts quickly after daybreak, in accordance with Fogo Cruzado, a nonprofit group that gives real-time reporting of gun violence. Native media G1 reported that two police helicopters took hearth and have been compelled to the bottom.
On Friday, Rio Gov. Claudio Castro spoke about plans underway to strike again at organized crime teams that management huge swaths of territory.
“These aren’t good individuals of the neighborhood, they aren’t residents. They’re bloody, violent, strongly-armed criminals and have to be combated with toughness and the robust hand of the state,” he mentioned.
Final week, three medical doctors have been executed at a beachside eatery, apparently in a case of mistaken identification, with one of many targets confused by attackers for the son of a neighborhood militia group.