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Brazil vows to fight gangs, Rio death toll hits 21.
A police officer aims a weapon during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
A police officer aims a weapon next to residents during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
Police officers take positions during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
SAO PAULO -- Brazil's president promised Monday to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
"We'll do anything it takes and make all necessary sacrifices so we can clean up the mess that these people are imposing on Brazil," President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told reporters in Sao Paulo.
Rio police said the death toll from weekend clashes between rival gangs had risen from 14 to 21 because more bodies were found in the Morro dos Macacos ("Monkey Hill") slum, where the shooting also downed a police helicopter.
Two of the six officers in the chopper died Saturday after the helicopter made a fiery landing on a soccer field, and a third who was badly burned died on Monday.
Silva said the federal government will give emergency funding to state authorities to combat the drug gangs that control many of Rio's 1,000 slums, and will give police a bulletproof helicopter.
He didn't mention security preparations for the Olympics, but said Brazil knows "it will take time to resolve the problems of the gangs, organized crime and the drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro." Other Brazilian officials have said the outbreak has strengthened their resolve to make Rio safer ahead of the games and before 2014, when Brazil will host the World Cup soccer tournament, with key games in Rio, the country's second-biggest city.
The new death toll announced in a police statement sent by e-mail to The Associated Press did not say how many of the dead were suspected gang members and how many were bystanders. Some Rio residents complained that officials wrongly classified their slain relatives as presumed criminals.
Rio state Gov. Sergio Cabral said the president promised him $59 million in fresh funds over the next six months to fight crime.
The International Olympic Committee put aside concerns about security to award the 2016 games to Rio on Oct. 2.
Silva has said that Rio has repeatedly demonstrated it can put on big events without risks to participants.
Associated Press Writer Marco Sibaja contributed from Brasilia, Brazil.
O Rio de Cabral está cada vez mais famoso no exterior.Brazil vows to fight gangs, Rio death toll hits 21.
A police officer aims a weapon during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
A police officer aims a weapon next to residents during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
Police officers take positions during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
SAO PAULO -- Brazil's president promised Monday to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.
"We'll do anything it takes and make all necessary sacrifices so we can clean up the mess that these people are imposing on Brazil," President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told reporters in Sao Paulo.
Rio police said the death toll from weekend clashes between rival gangs had risen from 14 to 21 because more bodies were found in the Morro dos Macacos ("Monkey Hill") slum, where the shooting also downed a police helicopter.
Two of the six officers in the chopper died Saturday after the helicopter made a fiery landing on a soccer field, and a third who was badly burned died on Monday.
Silva said the federal government will give emergency funding to state authorities to combat the drug gangs that control many of Rio's 1,000 slums, and will give police a bulletproof helicopter.
He didn't mention security preparations for the Olympics, but said Brazil knows "it will take time to resolve the problems of the gangs, organized crime and the drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro." Other Brazilian officials have said the outbreak has strengthened their resolve to make Rio safer ahead of the games and before 2014, when Brazil will host the World Cup soccer tournament, with key games in Rio, the country's second-biggest city.
The new death toll announced in a police statement sent by e-mail to The Associated Press did not say how many of the dead were suspected gang members and how many were bystanders. Some Rio residents complained that officials wrongly classified their slain relatives as presumed criminals.
Rio state Gov. Sergio Cabral said the president promised him $59 million in fresh funds over the next six months to fight crime.
The International Olympic Committee put aside concerns about security to award the 2016 games to Rio on Oct. 2.
Silva has said that Rio has repeatedly demonstrated it can put on big events without risks to participants.
Associated Press Writer Marco Sibaja contributed from Brasilia, Brazil.
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2 comentários:
UPPs, que engloba a comunidade de Cidade de Deus, o clima é de convivência pacífica entre policiais e bandidos, com tráfico normal, permitindo que os moradores vivam uma mentira.. Os policias nem falam um oi para os moradores e os bandidos vendem as drogas normalmente e os policiais fazem segurança para eles e os viciados usarem . Nos moradores nao aquentamos mais tanta mentira .. A midia tem obrigação de investigar e verificar os fatos.na Rua Daniel em frente ao campo de futebol, continuando ela e subindo a rua (chamado local como sitio) do lado esquerdo tem um barraco que vende cerveja logo depois estao eles vendendo as drogas. Tem uma menor que é usado como mulher deles. Fica na cidade de deus apartamentos. Os viciados ficam cheirando nas escadas dos nossos apartamentos na frente de crianças e todo mundo ver. Os policiais so andam de carro. estamos cansado de ver propaganda do governo e da televisão radio jornais falarem que na Cidade de Deus acabou os bandidos, tudo mentira. . Vamos por favor verificar os fatos. tambem nas lojinha vendem drogas. Eles mentem o tempo todo . Pegam um bandido qualquer dizem que foi ele que fez o fato q está incomodando. Não existe setor de inteligência da policia isso outra enganação o que existe é denuncias que são feitas e quando interessam vão apurar. Outra coisa também eles conseguem pegar as drogas e armas porque os bandidos deixam para eles pegarem , como forma de pagamento para ser demonstrado na mídia que fizeram os serviços. Eu mesmo vejo na cidade de deus policiais pegarem o q quiserem na mercearia no local no sitio. Já vi um policial pegar dinheiro na lojinha numa loja de bebidas onde tem uma sinuca. Tudo foi comunicado ao ministério publico e autoridades nada foi feito. Fazem a propaganda a televisão radio jornais publicam e fica por isso mesmo. Não podemos aceitar as palavras deles. Estamos vivendo uma ditadura.
Uma denúncia impressionante que acaba replicando boatos que surgem aqui e ali.
A PM deveria investigar.
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