07 September 2011

BRASIL: Gunfight In Rio's Alamao Favela; Slum Pacification Shows Weakness; Police Are Reinforced.

                                             ALJAZEERA

     Rio's big Alemao slum, long controlled by narco gangs, was allegedly taken over by security forces in November in a widely publicized pacification program.
     But local media report that more police and troops were sent in...after soldiers were fired on by some 50 gunmen...with a 15-year-old girl was killed....and at least 16 wounded.