Brazil's President Michel Temer on Friday handed the military full control of security in Rio de Janeiro in an increasingly desperate fight to tame runaway gang violence. Army patrols are already used in Rio's gang-ruled favelas, but a decree signed by Temer will now give the military full control of security operations in Rio state, which the president said had virtually been seized by organized crime gangs. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAbout time, too....organized crime and drug gangs spread terror throughout the city - with an average of 20 shootouts per day (between themselves or with the police) - creating a parallel power that has openly challenged the State government for years..
Feb 19th, 2018 - 12:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0MP , allow me to make a correction : Rio is not the most populous state in Brazil...it is 3rd ; first comes SP, with about 45 million, second MG with about 20 million.
Another illegitimate action by an illegitimate ruler.
Feb 19th, 2018 - 06:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yogi, why don't you go to Rio and just walk around the areas near the slums ?....perhaps your head will stop a stray bullet, and save the life of someone not as stupid as you.
Feb 19th, 2018 - 03:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0REF: however that the army would not replace the police on the ground:
Feb 25th, 2018 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Jungmann just wants to be fair to both the sides and protect the crooks as well. After all, they DO look after the politicians; don't they?
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Feb 25th, 2018 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Right....the crooks, i.e., the police and the politicians, are well taken care of by the drug lords...
@JB
Feb 26th, 2018 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Now, they even want to extradite the Brazilian Arms Smuggler to Brazil to ensure that he gets a FAIR Trial - fairer than what awaits him in the USA. REF:
http://www.jb.com.br/rio/noticias/2018/02/24/ministerio-da-justica-pede-extradicao-de-frederik-barbieri/
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Feb 26th, 2018 - 06:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If Brazil does extradite him, he will no doubt appeal to the STF, where a judge - we all know who - might condemn him to 3 years - in regime semi-aberto - so I reckon he'll be out and back in the arms trade in about 6 months....let's see, we are almost in March, so he'll be out in August, just in time to run for president ...
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