The police said in an official statement that the objective of the operation was “to capture members of the Comando Vermelho from the state of Pará who were taking refuge in the town.”
This Thursday, after a police operation, eleven people died in a favela in Rio de Janeiroamong them was the leader of a criminal gang from northern Brazil.
The objective of the security mission was “the capture of members of the Comando Vermelho from the state of Pará who were taking refuge in the town”, according to the police in an official statement. In addition, they indicated that the operation “is still ongoing” in the Salgueiro Complex, in Sao Goncalo, metropolitan region of Rio.
He Comando Vermelho is one of the largest criminal organizations in Brazildedicated to drug trafficking.
The governor of Pará, Helder Barbalho, indicated on Twitter that “Leonardo Araújo, known as ‘L41’, fugitive from justice, died in a confrontation with security agents. He was the main leader of the largest criminal organization operating in Pará and also ordered several attacks in RJ“.
In addition to the 11 dead, two women, ages 53 and 62, were injuredindicated the news portal g1.
According to the civil police, the action also aims at other leaders of criminal gangs “involved in recent attacks on communities in the west zone of Rio”where several vehicles were set on fire on Wednesday.
The governor of Rio, Claudio Castro, stated on his Twitter account that “two criminals who commanded criminal gangs from Sergipe (northeast state) and Pará were captured“.
Source: Ambito
