The merciless war that the Brazilian police are waging against the drug cartels It has left in recent days a balance of 43 dead in various raids.
The latest shooting occurred this Wednesday in the Complexo da Penha favela neighborhood of Rio de Janeirowhere 10 people have died and 4 were injured.
According to the Brazilian newspaper or globeamong the dead are several leaders of the drug cartelswhile among the injured there is a policeman, taken to hospital in serious condition.
According to the account of the events published by the Brazilian newspaper, the shooting broke out when the drug traffickers they greeted the policemen with barricades from where they opened fire.
He police operationsupported by aircraft and armored vehicles, had the objective of capturing the heads of the largest criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro.
Knowing about the police operation, the drug traffickers prepared a trap for the police. In addition, several of the drug traffickers wore clothing from the state security forces.
Once the operation was over, the police seized seven rifles, ammunition and grenades, reported afp.
In addition to the shooting in Rio de Janeiro, another 14 people were killed in clashes with police in another operation, which lasted five days, in sao paulo. In this operation, the police have arrested 58 people and seized 385 kilos of drugs.
The confrontation between police and drug traffickers broke out after a police officer, Patrick Bastos Reiswas shot to death in the municipality of Guarujá, in Bajada Santista, an area controlled by criminal groups.
In Bahia, one of the strongholds of the President’s Workers’ Party Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaanother 19 suspected of being part of criminal groups have died.
