US EditionMassive Police Deployment Targets Comando Vermelho Leaders in Rio Favela
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Massive police deployment targets Comando Vermelho leaders in Rio favela
Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando Vermelho (CV), one of Brazil's largest and most influential criminal organizations.
This is the second phase of Operation Containment, which resulted in 122 deaths in its first phase in October. The entry The Rio de Janeiro police carried out a new operation against the Vermelho Command was first published in #BorderJournalism.
The Military and Civil Police deployed a thousand officers in the Salgueiro Complex to execute arrest warrants against leaders of the main criminal faction of Rio, in the second phase of the operation, marked by heavy shootings and extensive use of armoured vehicles and helicopters. Read more
Some 1,000 police officers from Rio de Janeiro carried out an operation on Thursday in a group of favelas in the city against the Vermelho Commando, one of the largest criminal organizations in Brazil, in the second phase of Operation Containment, which left 122 dead in October.The uniforms occupied the Complex do Salgueiro from dawn to attempt to capture leaders of the criminal organization in that group of favelas in Sao Gonzalo, municipality …
There were shootings in different areas. Operation mobile 880 officers from the Police to Militarized and 120 from the Police to Civilian.
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