25 killed in Rio drug gunbattle
National
May 8, 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state s deadliest police raids, police said.
People targeted in the raid in the poor Jacarezinho neighbourhood tried to escape across rooftops as police arrived in armored vehicles and helicopters flew overhead, television images showed. The firefight forced residents to shelter in their homes.
The victims included one police officer, and the remainder were suspected members of the drug-trafficking gang that dominated life in the slum, including some of its leaders, police said.
A heavily armed police raid in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday resulted in at least 28 deaths and many wounded. It was the deadliest police raid and the second deadliest massacre in Rio’s history. The police said they were executing arrest and search warrants against alleged drug traffickers. Residents washed away pools of blood after police officers, supported by armored personnel carriers and helicopters, used automatic weapons and explosives into the densely populated residential neighborhood.
Fogo Cruzado, a research institute that tracks armed violence in Rio de Janeiro, reported that 38 people have been killed in Jacarezinho during police raids since July 2016, constituting 83 percent of all gun homicides in the area. Last year, police in the state of Rio killed 1,239 people, an average of three per day, according to official data. Nearly 80 percent of Brazilians killed by Rio’s police are Black and brown, despite representing only about half
Rio police draws international ire as 25 killed in drug gun battle
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier
Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state s deadliest police raids, police said.
People targeted in the raid in the poor Jacarezinho neighborhood tried to escape across rooftops as police arrived in armored vehicles and helicopters flew overhead, television images showed. The firefight forced residents to shelter in their homes.
The victims included one police officer, and the remainder were suspected members of the drug-trafficking gang that dominated life in the slum, including some of its leaders, police said.
25, Including Cop, Killed In Deadliest Brazil Drug Gun Battle In 16 Years 25, Including Cop, Killed In Deadliest Brazil Drug Gun Battle In 16 Years People targeted in the raid in the poor Jacarezinho neighborhood tried to escape across rooftops as police arrived in armored vehicles and helicopters flew overhead, television images showed.
Policemen aim their weapons during an operation against drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio De Janeiro:
At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state s deadliest police raids, police said.
People targeted in the raid in the poor Jacarezinho neighborhood tried to escape across rooftops as police arrived in armored vehicles and helicopters flew overhead, television images showed. The firefight forced residents to shelter in their homes.
”This is the largest number of deaths in a police operation in Rio,” police chief Ronaldo Oliveira said.
An anti-drug raid by Rio de Janeiro law enforcement agents Thursday left 24 suspects and one police officer dead in the precarious Jacareizinho favela.
It was the deadliest single police operation in the state of Rio de Janeiro and it came just days after April 27 s clashes which resulted in nine deaths in three different favelas. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Supreme Court (TSF) ordered in June 2020 to suspend police actions in the favelas, unless in absolutely exceptional situations.
Gunshots were first heard at around 6 am and fight grew fiercer as police backup arrived in the area, to enact what was dubbed “Operation Exceptis,” a deployment of some 200 law enforcement agents, supported by armoured vehicles and two helicopters to delve into the alleged recruitment of children and adolescents for drug trafficking in addition to