Sunday, February 6, 2011

Police and Army Brazilians occupy eight slums without firing a shot Ro

At dawn, under a summer heat, about 850 men, including police and military have carried out a bloodless operation brillanete and occupation of eight favelas in Rio de Janeiro, in the castizo varrio of Santa Teresa, which the Portuguese had built in imitation of Alfama in Lisbon, and in the Complexo de São Carlos, in the center of the city.

The operation was carried out by military police forces backed by 17 armored M113 Navy and four amphibians Clanf model. Lasted only ninety minutes. At the end, have been launched from the top of the favelas occupied giving off blue smoke rockets to indicate that the operation had been performed successfully.

There was no need to fire a single shot because drug traffickers, said Elisa Brabdão, president of the residents of one of the biggest favelas occupied had preferred to flee or hide to avoid having to deal with law enforcement. Now, as confirmed by the Military Police Commander Alan Garcia, are being reviewed from house to house to ensure that families, by collusion or fear, may have been hiding so-called "bandits", as happened in the occupation, months ago, the great complexity of the Alemão.

The "hills" occupied this morning, as they are called to the favelas in Rio, especially those located on top of mounds, were: Zinco, kerosene, Mineira, chorus, Fallet, Fogheteiro, Escondidinho and Prazares, all considered violent and dominated until now by the parallel power of the narcos.

In the new eight favelas freed from traffickers will be installed as many units as Police Peacekeeper about 20 existing and the citizens of the city "down", now can walk on them without fear of violence, have been converted into neighborhoods of Rio, permanently occupied by government forces, after they fled their traffickers.

The fact that this time, the traffickers prefer to flee before the arrival of law enforcement, shows, according to analysts, who are losing territortio force throughout the city and have understood that this time the State "will seriously. " Cariocas, who were waiting for this moment for 40 years, give thanks not only to Christ the Redeemer of Corcovado, but also to the 2016 Olympics, which Rio won and could have lost had not been taken seriously this time freedom from violence of the favelas after years of nightmares for the connivance of various powers: political, judicial and police with traffickers in exchange for votes and funding for their campaigns.

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