Policemen aim their weapons during an operation against drug dealers in Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 6, 2021. — Reuters picRIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 — A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela Thursday left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups.
“Who are the dead? Young black men. That’s why the police talk about ‘24 suspects.’ Being a young, black favela resident automatically makes you a suspect to the police. They just keep piling up bodies and saying, ‘They’re all criminals,’” said Silvia Ramos, head of the Security Observatory at Candido Mendes University.
At least two people were wounded when the subway car they were riding in was apparently caught in the crossfire during the operation, news site G1 reported. They said the sting grew out of a surveillance operation that obtained a warrant to wire-tap suspects’ communications. However, rights activists questioned why recruiting minors — a common practice among Brazilian gangs — would lead to such a deadly operation.
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