Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, part of a state effort to 'reclaim territory.'
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
Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, marking the start of a state effort seeking to reclaim territory
In a major operation to push back against gangs, about 1,200 Brazilian military police were deployed to a neighborhood as part of a project to "change the lives of the people."
Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, marking the start of a state effort seeking to reclaim territory