On the other side, the police continue the investigation. The arsenal of rifles seized was valued at around one and a half million euros and is estimated to have caused great damage to the criminal group Comando Vermelho.
Residents of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and activists returned to protest, this Saturday, against the . In Argentina, three men suspected of belonging to the Red Command were detained when they tried to enter the country illegally.
The streets of Vila Cruzeiro were filled with calls for the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro to resign. Family and friends remembered who left and launched accusations.
“These police kill poor people all day long, it’s hypocrisy,” said one of those present.
But the screams and crying don’t just stop in the streets. At the funerals of the victims all they want is “justice”.
At the door of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, family members wait so they can claim the bodies and say goodbye to those they lost.
On the other side, the police continue the investigation. The arsenal of rifles seized was valued at around one and a half million euros and it is estimated that it may have caused great damage to the criminal group.
Further south, arrests continue. Three men who crossed the border through a clandestine crossing were arrested for the Argentine police.
It is suspected that they are from Rio de Janeiro and that they escaped the mega-operation, which killed more than 120 people in the Complexos do German and Penha.
It is not yet known whether they belong to Comando Vermelho, but two of them have criminal records for drug trafficking.
