US EditionBrazil: Police Massacre in Rio De Janeiro Is Evidence yet Again of Systemic and Racist Violence
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Seven days after the most lethal police massacre in Brazil, the President of the Republic has publicly referred to what happened in the operation against organized crime and, in particular, against the Vermelho Command. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has described the operation as “matanza” and has demanded that it be investigated. “The judge’s decision was an arrest warrant, the order was not a massacre and there was a massacre, it is necessary to f…
In an interview with the international agencies in Belém, the president commented on the operation to carry out prison orders against members of the Red Command. More than 120 people died.
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Jyllands-PostenWhen Brazilian police cracked down on the Red Commando gang last week, it ended in "mass killings," according to Lula.
At least 117 suspects and four police officers died during the Tuesday 28 October operation against Comando Vermelho, one of the country's main criminal groups. "It is important to check under what conditions this happened," said the Brazilian President.
Action against the Red Command left 121 dead in the river capital
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