A military policeman died after being shot during the mega operation at the Israel Complex, in the north of Rio de Janeiro. He had been sent to Getúlio Vargas State Hospital.
A was triggered in the communities of Cidade Alta, Five Bocas and Guaporé, all in the region dominated by the third pure command (TCP).
About 400 military police with 10 armored vehicles participate this morning. The goal is Territorial expansion of the criminal faction, as well as repressing clashes between rival criminal groups with the action of drug traffickers.
The action is commanded by the PM Special Operations Command (COE), with the participation of the Special Operations Battalion (BOPE), the corporation’s elite troop.
“The operation carried out on the morning of Friday (31) in the Israel Complex is the result of the commitment signed by the State Secretariat of Military Police to return the territory of the regions occupied by criminal factions to the Rio and Fluminense citizen. The action is being carried out technically based on intelligence information, obeying all security protocols, ”says Colonel Marcelo de Menezes Nogueira, Secretary of State for Military Police of Rio de Janeiro.
Residents reported police movement in the communities, as well as intense shootings since the early hours this morning. The PM also reported that it has removed barricades placed by criminals to make it difficult to access teams in the communities.
At this time, Avenida Brasil is partially banned with a side track blocked by the Military Police. The information is from the Rio Operations Center, which warns that drivers avoid the stretch of the upper town of the road.
