The city of Rosario, Argentina may be known as the hometown of Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria, but it has now become the country's narco capital as drug violence continues to rise.
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By Augusto Morel Rosario, Argentina, Sep 29 (EFE).- Rosario, the home city of iconic Argentine figures like rock star Fito Paez and soccer legend Lionel Messi, is now becoming known for all the wrong reasons – drug dealing, widespread crime and daily shootouts and homicides. “The violence hasn’t stopped for a few months. There’s a …
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A bloody, hour-long gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police killed two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses and a Supreme Court justice hinted at an investigation.
It was just after sunrise Thursday when dozens of officers from Rio de Janeiro state’s civil police stormed Jacarezinho, a favela in the city’s northern zone. They were targeting drug traffickers from one of Brazil’s most notorious criminal organizations, Comando Vermelho, and the bodies piled up quickly.
When the fighting stopped, there were 28 dead one police officer and 27 people described by the police as “criminals.” A day after the raid, Rio police had identified the 48-year-old officer who died, but none of the others killed in the operation.
Dozens killed in Brazilian police raid in Rio de Janiero
May 7, 2021 / 9:41 PM / AP WorldView: At least 25 dead in Brazil raid
Police targeting drug traffickers raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, resulting in the fatal shooting of at least one officer and two dozen other people, authorities said. The civil police s press office confirmed the death of the cop and 24 alleged criminals in a message to The Associated Press.
A police helicopter flew low over the Jacarezinho favela as heavily armed men fled police by leaping from roof to roof, according to images shown on local television.
One woman told The Associated Press she saw police kill a badly wounded man she described as helpless and unarmed who they found after he had fled into her house.