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26/11/2010 - 20h 21 hora local

Army in shootout with gang members in Rio; 100 cars and buses torched since Sunday

Fuente La folia de SP
FROM SÃO PAULO
FROM RIO
Clashes between criminals and soldiers in Rio continued on Friday. Since last Sunday (21st) a wave of attacks and arson attacks against buses and cars has taken over different points of the state of Rio de Janeiro. By late Friday afternoon 100 vehicles had been burned.
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Security authorities say the criminal actions are the drug trade's response to the establishment of UPPs (Pacifying Police Units) in slums and hillside shantytowns.
In an attempt to control the violence, Rio's police has been undertaking raids in communities with the help of Armed Forces personnel. Since the start of the wave of violence 45 people have died in police raids.
According to numbers presented, 192 people in total have been detained by Rio state Military Police during this week's operations.
DRUGS AND WEAPONS SEIZED
Police raids in slums and hillside communities led the Military Police to capture about 2 tons of drugs in Vila Cruzeiro slum, plus 800 kilos of marijuana and other drugs from a cocaine distillery seized by the Civil Police.
Forty-four weapons were also seized, including eight grenades and a large amount of flammable material. During their raids, police officers also seized medication from an improvised nursing ward used by drug dealers, as well as approximately 200 stolen motorcycles and ammunitions.
SHOOTOUT
Armed Forces soldiers provided backup to Rio police officers during the operations.
The situation this Friday has been tense in the Complexo do Alemão area. Criminals and Army soldiers were involved in a heavy shootout in the slum complex situated in Penha, in Rio's North zone.
The process of recovery of Vila Cruzeiro and Complexo do Alemão will unfold in two different operations. Under the command of the state government, one of them will consist of Military and Civil Police incursions with logistic support from the Armed Forces - that is, with the use of Army and Navy armored cars and Air Force choppers.
The second one will be the patrol operations around the approximately 40 entrance points to the two hillside areas and will he headed by the Eastern Military Command. The 800 soldiers are taking part in this second operation.
Also on Friday, General Adriano Pereira Júnior, chief of the Eastern Command, said that about 60 per cent of the 800 soldiers sent to Rio de Janeiro have some experience in the type of operation being undertaken in the city. Questioned about the possibility of a direct confrontation between criminals, he answered: "If there is a confrontation we will have to face it, unfortunately."
Translation from the Portuguese by CLARA ALLAIN
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