Fogo Cruzado, a group that monitors shootings in the Rio metropolitan area, says there were 2,300 shootings in Rio and its suburbs during the first 100 days of this year. Rio de Janeiro, the country’s second biggest city, experiences daily shootouts between rival gangs and also between police and criminals, battles that often result in the deaths of innocent bystanders. Rio de Janeiro experiences daily shootouts between rival gangs and also police that often kill innocent bystanders. In January, gangs attacked across Fortaleza, bringing that city to a standstill with as commerce, buses and taxis shut down. Much of Brazil’s violence is gang related. In late March, the federal government sent National Guard troops to Belém to reinforce security in the city for 90 days.īrazil hit a record high of 64,000 homicides in 2017, 70% of which were due to firearms, according to official statistics.
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