Tag: Police Operations

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, May 15th, the reinforcement of three hundred police officers of the National Force, which arrived in Rio two days ago, will be deployed. Authorities say the operations will...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Some ninety pieces of artillery suspected of being able to fire on aircraft were seized yesterday during an operation by police in Rocinha, the largest favela in Brazil which...