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2010-11-26 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2010-11-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 Are they going to add this as a new Olympic event?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-11-26 11:15|| 2010-11-26 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like they won...

Police say they have retaken a sprawling slum area from drug gangs in Brazil's second-largest city after a five-day assault that killed more than two dozen people.

The government sent armoured military vehicles with high-calibre machine guns into Vila Cruzeiro, a major shantytown in northern Rio de Janeiro, in a concerted crackdown on drug gangs on Sunday.

Police said armoured vehicles backed by helicopters, snipers and thousands of heavily armed men from the military police and navy, with another 17,500 reinforcements were "on alert" for the operation.

At least 30 suspected drug traffickers were reportedly killed since the operation began on Sunday."At this moment, Vila Cruzeiro belongs to the state," Rodrigo Oliveira, a police spokesman, said late on Thursday, adding that forces remained on alert.

Police said gangs fought back with machine guns and torched at least 60 vehicles, including nearly a dozen city buses.

Posted by tu3031 2010-11-26 11:48|| 2010-11-26 11:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Are they for hire?

Maybe Mexico would be interested.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-11-26 14:38|| 2010-11-26 14:38|| Front Page Top

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