RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 Feb. (Reuters) - At least 35 people, most of them police officers in Rio de Janeiro, were arrested on Friday by its relationship with drug gangs in this city of Brazil. The operation has been one of the biggest carried out against police corruption in the city, which is gradually overcoming the bad reputation of organized crime and violence.
Police in Rio de Janeiro has been accused of corruption and cover up their violent tactics in the hundreds of slums that are often controlled by these drug dealers. "No police in the world can move on without hurting their own bodies," he told reporters José Beltrame, the secretary of public security in Rio de Janeiro state.
Hundreds of officers took part in the operation, called 'guillotine', which sought to arrest 45 people, including 32 police officers. Investigated this matter began in 2009 when a police operation carried out in a slum that was canceled after the raid details were leaked to drug traffickers as authorities said.
Police officers were targeted in the operation, were also suspected of providing protection to illegal gambling, lead armed groups and accepting bribes from drug traffickers. One of the alleged leaders of the corrupt police, former police commander Carlos de Oliveira, was suspected of having taken the drug lords 100,000 reais (44,300 euros) each time it gave information about police operations.
Oliveira had left the police to integrate into the City. The crime rate in Rio de Janeiro have fallen, a fact that the authorities attributed to the policy pursued since 2008 in which specially trained police submitted these slums to drive out drug gangs. Rio de Janeiro recorded its lowest murder rate since 1991, 30 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, 18 percent below the previous year. 
Police in Rio de Janeiro has been accused of corruption and cover up their violent tactics in the hundreds of slums that are often controlled by these drug dealers. "No police in the world can move on without hurting their own bodies," he told reporters José Beltrame, the secretary of public security in Rio de Janeiro state.
Hundreds of officers took part in the operation, called 'guillotine', which sought to arrest 45 people, including 32 police officers. Investigated this matter began in 2009 when a police operation carried out in a slum that was canceled after the raid details were leaked to drug traffickers as authorities said.
Police officers were targeted in the operation, were also suspected of providing protection to illegal gambling, lead armed groups and accepting bribes from drug traffickers. One of the alleged leaders of the corrupt police, former police commander Carlos de Oliveira, was suspected of having taken the drug lords 100,000 reais (44,300 euros) each time it gave information about police operations.
Oliveira had left the police to integrate into the City. The crime rate in Rio de Janeiro have fallen, a fact that the authorities attributed to the policy pursued since 2008 in which specially trained police submitted these slums to drive out drug gangs. Rio de Janeiro recorded its lowest murder rate since 1991, 30 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, 18 percent below the previous year.
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