About 1,200 police officers were deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood early on Wednesday, marking the start of a state effort seeking to “reclaim territory,” authorities said.
It remains unclear how the program is to differ from a prior initiative along similar lines.
The operation, which began at dawn, is part of an effort to increase police presence and improve services in at least two favelas, Jacarezinho and Muzema, Rio de Janeiro Governor Claudio Castro said.
More details are to be released tomorrow, Castro wrote on social media.
“We have started a great process of transformation for the communities in the state
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