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#113
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02-25-2011, 09:42 AM
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Re: Accident Leaves Mans Heart Exposed
On November 25, 2010, the Special Ops Squad (BOPE) together with the Brazilian Navy, invaded the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Rio de janeiro, in order to set up an UPP (Portuguese: Unidade de Policia pacificadora, English: Pacifying Police Unit) in this favela. During this operation 31 people were killed, but the majority of the drug dealers fled to the neighboring Complexo do Alemão. The next day, in retaliation, the drug dealers ordered dozens of cars to be burned around the city. Due to this event, the Secretary of Homeland Security, backed by Rio's Governor, authorized the military to send an ultimatum to the criminals hidden in the Complexo do Alemão, either to surrender and put down their weapons, or face an invasion of the combined forces of the BOPE, the Brazilian Army, and the Brazilian Navy, which could escalate the violence and bring casualties. This is one of them.
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