Rio de Janeiro police launch pictures of the deadliest operation within the historical past of Brazil | EUROtoday

The pictures of a conflict within the coronary heart of the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. These are the primary movies launched by the Government of the state of Rio about probably the most deadly police operation within the historical past of Brazil. Last week, a police raid on the Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha favelas left a path of 121 useless, together with 4 cops. According to authorities, the entire killed suspects have been associated to the Red Command, probably the most highly effective drug trafficking faction within the metropolis. At least 78 of them had severe legal information.

The pictures now launched have been captured by the physique cameras that the police put on of their uniform and that suffered a lot resistance of their day. Now they serve for the police to supply their viewpoint on an operation that’s not exempt from criticism on account of its excessive variety of casualties. The Secretary of the Military Police, Marcelo de Menezes, admitted final week that many cameras could not have been working as a result of their batteries ran out (the operation lasted 18 hours).

One of the movies options Corporal Oliveira, of the Special Operations Battalion (Bope) of the Military Police. He is shot within the left thigh within the wooded space of ​​the Misericordia Mountains that divides Alemão and Penha. It was there that the brokers of this elite power organized a “wall” to corral the drug traffickers who have been being pushed by different cops to the highest of the hills. Sergeant Cleiton Serafim Gonçalves, additionally from Bope, participates within the aid efforts for Oliveira. The police come down from the favela carrying the shot agent on an improvised stretcher. Oliviera survived, however Serafim died shortly after in clashes with drug traffickers.

Other pictures present Sergeant Walner Santana, from the canine actions group. He was additionally shot in the course of the shootout. In their case, the battle was with armed drug traffickers from the Vila Cruzeiro favela, within the Complexo da Penha, a bit earlier than reaching the wooded space the place the bloodiest a part of the operation occurred. He acquired first support within the space and was eliminated by his companions in the midst of the crossfire.

The police motion, which littered the world with thickets of corpses, was adopted by the response of the drug traffickers who managed to flee and their allies within the neighborhoods: a number of automobiles burned on the barricades that block entry to the center of the favelas to forestall the entry of the police. The fumaroles seen from the sky provide the picture of a metropolis on fireplace, on probably the most chaotic and bloody day in its latest historical past.