2023-11-02 05:00:00
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvasigned this Wednesday a temporal decree to reinforce ports and airports with military security forcesin an attempt to address the increase in crime following a series of serious incidents in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Lula said soldiers will work with federal police officers to manage security operations at Latin America’s largest port and airport: the port of Santos, in Sao Paulo, and its main airport, Guarulhos.
Soldiers will also be deployed at the port of Itaguaí in the state of Rio de Janeiro and at Rio’s Galeao airport.
Brazil in crisis due to increased crime
Those ports and airports are key logistics centers for the rise of cocaine exports to Europeat the same time they receive smugglingas high caliber weaponswhich contribute to the street violence.
The temporary measure, which will end in May 2024, comes following High-profile murders in Rio de Janeirowhere powerful drug traffickers, violent mafias surveillance known as “militias” and the brutal use of force by police have contributed to a complex security dynamic that fuels a perception that Lula is soft on crime.
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Lula da Silva: “The situation in Rio de Janeiro has reached a very serious point”
“The situation in Rio de Janeiro has reached a very serious point,” Lula said at an event following singing the decree. “We have made the decision that the federal government actively participate in the fight once morest organized crime. Let’s hope it works.”
Last month, three doctors who were having a beer late at night in an affluent beach area of Rio were brutally murdered, allegedly following being mistaken for rival militia gangsters.
Then last week, militias set fire to dozens of Rio buses following police killed one of their leaders in an operation.
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