The new minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Guilherme Boulosstated this Wednesday (29), that he is proud to be part of a government “that knows that the head of organized crime in this country is not in a shack in a favela”.
“Often it involves money laundering there in Faria Lima, as we saw in the Federal Police’s Hidden Carbon operation”, continued Boulos, during his inauguration speech, at an event at Palácio do Planalto, in reference to the
Minutes before, Boulos had asked for a minute of silence.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by several State ministers, deputies, social and family movements, in addition to the . Only Márcio Macêdo, former head of the department, and Guilherme Boulos spoke.
Megaoperation in Rio
This Wednesday morning, the state Public Defender’s Office reported that the number of deaths has now exceeded 130, including 128 civilians and four police officers, for a total of 132 victims.
According to activists and residents, more than 60 bodies were removed by the citizens themselves from a forested area in Complexo da Penha throughout the night. The updated number of deaths is not included in the official balance of the Rio de Janeiro government, which said on Tuesday (28) that the operation had ended with 64 dead.
Named Operation Containment, the . Around 2,500 agents from the state security forces were mobilized for the clash, which was the result of more than a year of investigation conducted by the DRE (Narcotics Repression Police Station).
