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Rio police transfer 'drug barons'
Lapa :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
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The move comes as Rio police hunt for members of drug gangs who shot down a police helicopter last Saturday, killing three officers. A week of gang violence in the city's shanty towns has left 40 people dead. The authorities reportedly believe orders...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro
Death toll rises in Rio violence
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro police on Wednesday announced seven more deaths and 17 arrests as drug-fueled violence continued to sweep over parts of the city that this month was named to host the 2016 Olympics.
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian
More die amid Rio slum violence
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility The fighting erupted at the weekend when a police helicopter was shot down by suspected drug traffickers. Gun battles have since erupted between drug gangs and hundreds of heavily armed police deployed to find those behind the attack. The violence comes...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, rio slum, drug gangs
Approach-light problem in taxiway landing?
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Federal investigators trying to determine why a Delta Air Lines jet landed on a taxiway instead of the runway in Atlanta on Monday morning say the runway was illuminated, but that approach lights and a ground-based instrument that helps pilots line up...
Tags: Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Delta Air Lines, Rio de Janeiro, FAA
Rio police expand anti-gang raids, 32 now dead
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility Police say at least 29 people have died in the northern area of the city since this weekend, just two weeks after Rio won the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eduardo Naddar) Associated Press Writer / October 21, 2009
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, morro dos, olympic games
Chopper down, 16 dead, Rio mayor aims for peaceful Olympics
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility In the most dramatic incident two policemen died when their helicopter was shot down as it hovered near rival drug gangs who were having a shoot-out in the Morro dos Macacos slum in the north of the city. The incident triggered an assault on slums by...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Morro dos Macacos, deaths toll, drug gangs, UK Sport, bloody clashes
Gangs Down Police Chopper as Rio de Janeiro Burns
Brazilian officials are insisting security won't be a problem for its just-won 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos that saw gangs shoot down a police helicopter, killing two cops and injuring...
Tags: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Gang Fight, Security Issues, Olympics 2016
Olympic security questioned after Rio violence
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Rio is a big city. "I deeply regret what happened in Rio recently but I have to say that it pales into insignificance compared to what happened in London in 2005." The day after London won the right to host the 2012 Olympics four suicide bombers killed...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, London, Brazil, Eduardo Paes, drug gangs, olympic games, gangs violence
Brazil vows Olympic security after Rio violence
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility When Rio de Janeiro was named the host of the 2016 Olympics earlier this month it seemed like a fresh start for one of the world's most vibrant, but violent cities. But a weekend of gang battles that spilled out of favelas , or shantytowns, and onto streets...
Tags: brazil, Rio de Janeiro, drugs gangs, shot downed, northern Rio, Brazil Magazine, rio drugs, police helicopter, drugs dealers, police officers
Rio police die as helicopter hit
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility The helicopter came down after the pilot was hit in the leg by a bullet and burst into flames. At least 10 other people were reported to have died in the fighting...It was the worst outbreak of violence since the city was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, police helicopter, shot downed, drug gangs, gun battle, olympic games, drug traffickers, morro dos, rio violence, dos macacos
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