A bloody, hours-long gun battle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday with authorities saying the police mission successfully eliminated two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses. It was just after sunrise Thursday when dozens of officers from Rio de Janeiro state’s civil police stormed Jacarezinho, a working-class shantytown in the city’s northern zone. The administration of Rio state Gov. About 50 Jacarezinho residents poured into a narrow street to follow members of the state legislature’s human rights commission who conducted an inspection following the shootouts. The Brazilian offices of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International urged public prosecutors to thoroughly investigate the operation.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 07, 2021 10:56 UTC