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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 27 (EFE).- Two people were killed and six others wounded in clashes among rival drug gangs and police here in Brazil's second-largest city, authorities said Thursday.Police said that the trouble began Wednesday night with the attempt by one gang to displace another from drug corners in Complexo do Sao Carlos, a cluster of slums not far from Rio de Janeiro's famous Sambadrome.(Camera: JANAINA QUINET)FOOTAGE SHOWS A TURF BATTLE AMONG CRIMINALS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
Honduras Public Order Military Police (PMOP) display weapons seized at the "Francisco Morazan" national penitentiary in Tamara. The government announced that the military police will take control of Honduras' 21 prisons for one year, starting July 1, and will train 2,000 new prison guards in the wake of clashes between rival gangs that left at least 46 women dead in a prison near the capital Tegucigalpa. IMAGES
Backers of far-right ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, start to dismantle a camp that was set up in front of Rio's Military Headquarters, as a part of the protests and riots that broke out in the country against new leftist President Lula's government. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, May 6 (EFE).- The Civil Police of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday rejected allegations of abuse and of carrying out extrajudicial executions in an operation in a Rio de Janeiro favela that left 25 dead, one of the state's deadliest police raids.Shooting began early Thursday, soon after 200 police entered Jacarezinho, an impoverished, crime-ridden favela (shantytown) on Rio's north side, to arrest gang members.(Camera: JANAINA QUINET / ANDRÉ COELHO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE POLICE OPERATION TOOK PLACE IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: Ronaldo Oliveira"The Civil Police do not act out of emotion. It was a very well planned operation, which complied with all the protocols and was the result of ten months of investigation."
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 29 (EFE).- (Camera: Janaina Quinet) The war against violence in Brazil can be beaten and kicked, a premise that hundreds of children and young people from favelas in Rio de Janeiro apply with "Abraço Campeão", the initiative that seeks to keep them away from drug trafficking and crime with boxing and martial arts classes.FOOTAGE OF ABRAÇO CAMPEAO.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:ALAN DUARTE, FOUNDER OG ABRAÇO CAMPEAO: "I DECIDED TO FOUND ABRAÇO CAMPEÃO IN 2014 AFTER WITNESSING THE MURDER OF MY BROTHER. THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON MY MOTHER WAS VERY CHALLENGING AND IT WAS THEN WHEN I REFLECTED ON THE WORLD AND WHAT I WAS DOING IN IT. WHEN I ANALYZED MY LIFE I REALIZED THAT NO MAN IN MY FAMILY HAD DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. EVERYONE WAS KILLED WITH FIREARMS. I LOST FRIENDS LIKE THIS. WHEN I SAW MYSELF IN THAT CONTEXT, FIGHTING, VISITING OTHER COUNTRIES, GETTING TO KNOW BRAZIL, WORKING IN WHAT I LOVED (...) I WONDERED WHY THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS DID NOT EXIST IN THE DO ALEMAO COMPLEX "."I GOT THREE PAIRS OF OLD GLOVES AND TWO RIPPED BOXING BAGS AND I HUNG THEM ON THE FOOTBALL COURT THAT IS HERE FRONT"."IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT THE WORLD IS THINKING ABOUT COLONIZING MARS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN FAVELAS WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION, WITHOUT EDUCATION. I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT REALITY AND ALL THE ENERGY AND EFFORT OF THESE UNITS GOES INTO CHANGING WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE FAVELAS OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRAZIL ".GUILIAN LIMA, TEACHER: "I WAS LIKE THEM. I NOW KNOW WHAT IT IS TO ARRIVE AT A PLACE AND FEEL WELCOME, TO BE TREATED WELL AND TO BE ADDRESSED PROPERLY BY THE TEACHERS AND THE TEAM, AND TODAY AS A COACH, I TRY TO DO THE SAME".
Military police in Rio disperse Flamengo fans taking part in a celebratory parade following the team's arrival from the Libertadores final. IMAGES
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