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| Brazilian Army military operations reinforce the Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro |
Daniel MilazzoSpecial UOL NewsIn Rio de Janeiro
The police and military forces remain on Saturday (27) enclosure mounted to the German Complex, a large number of slums in northern Rio de Janeiro. Since yesterday afternoon, 800 men of the Infantry Brigade of the Brazilian Army Parachutist are positioned in 44 accessions of the complex. Authorities said the siege has no time or day to end.
According to Col. Lima Castro, public relations, military police, the traffickers are caught. More than 1,500 men, including military and police forces, participating in the siege and the scan operations in Vila Cruzeiro shantytown occupied by BOPE (Special Operations Battalion) since the early evening of Thursday (25).
Men BOPE, Military Police and Civil Police still in the slums in search of weapons, drugs and even bodies in the Vila Cruzeiro. According to the general commander of the Military Police, Colonel Mario Sergio Duarte, BOPE remains recovered in the territory still undetermined. Sniffer dogs are also used in the scan. As reported the BBC News report from the trail left the slum dwellers of destruction and is at bay.
Police say there are still criminals hiding in the community, but many of them fled to neighboring German Complex, where police believe there are 500 dealers gathered. "The culprits are slaughtered. They are all cowards, they fled like hares yesterday, "said Col. Alvaro Garcia, Chief of Staff of the Military Police.Read more news
At the heart of trafficking
"We are at the heart of the faction, said on Friday Col. Lima Castro, referring to the Commando Vermelho criminal group behind the attacks that torched vehicles and spread panic in the state capital and metropolitan region since the end of last week. Lima Castro points out that, historically, the Vila Cruzeiro was known as a strategic region for the concentration and distribution of guns to traffickers in Rio
The public relations PM believes that the time is in favor of the police, adding that the "unrest" is also an important weapon when trying to pull people out of the territory. Lima Castro contends that the siege provisionses hinder the marginal with respect to both the food and ammunition.
The police admits that an operation like this carries risks to the population, particularly those living in the embattled region, but argues that this is a time of sacrifice of the entire city. "The operation is aimed not put innocent people at risk, which does not mean that some people are not injured," ponders Lima Castro.Military support
Upon request of the Governor Sergio Cabral and endorsement of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the military went into action in coordination with the police. Besides the 800 men of the Infantry Brigade of the Army Parachutist, the operation is unprecedented in the history of Rio de Janeiro against drug trafficking also has the support of armored vehicles.
The Navy of Brazil is collaborating with at least 15 armored vehicles. Four of the Marine Corps Amphibious 7A1 model, of U.S. manufacture, known as Clanf (Car Amphibian Lizard), capable of carrying 21 men, six armored M 113, which can carry 11 men; Swiss manufacturing, five armored model Piranha capable of carrying ten men.
The master of sea and land Carlos Chagas, commander of the Marine Corps, states that the mission of the 88th Marines deployed to support the logistics of transporting police and open terrain, going over the barricades, like the ones seen on Thursday in Vila Cruzeiro.
"In all quietness, armored vehicles have weathered very well," said Captain Chagas next to a 113 M hit by bullets, but with virtually no damage. "It's very gratifying to participate in such an operation. The police tell us they have come to places where they had never come, "said Chagas.
The Brazilian Army is also present five-urutus same vehicle used by UN forces in Haiti. Gen. Fernando Sardenberg, commander of the Parachutist Infantry Brigade, said his effective is available to the Security Bureau indefinitely.
In turn, the Air Force of Brazil released at least two armored helicopters able to conduct night operations.;
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