Brazil: Film thefts, filming and 10 dead outside San Pablo – 04/04/2019

A shooting between thieves and the police after a robbery in two banks in San Pablo resulted in the death of ten criminals, said a police source.

A total of 30 thieves heavily armed with rifles and guns participated in the badault attempt on the branches of the Banco do Brasil and Santander Brasil, located a few meters from the same street in Guararema, a tourist town of about 30 000 inhabitants on the outskirts of St.Paul.The criminals even operated the ATMs at one of the sites, but the arrival of the police thwarted the robbery.

"The first thing that happened was the exchange of blows with the municipal police, who asked for a reinforcement. The Rota (the special operations battalion of the San Pablo military police) blocked the roads so that they could not escape, "said Rota commander Mario Alves da Silva, on Globo television.

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During the flight, in which they used five armored cars, the suspects entered a house and took a hostage from their family, although they later released them, according to the first reports of the military police.

According to the authorities, the suspects were already controlled by the organized crime group (Gaeco), linked to the prosecutor's office, and it was known that he was preparing an attack in the area.

"We did not know exactly where the attack would take place, which is why we strengthened security in both cities," added Silva.

Theft of ATM by the use of explosives It is common in Brazil and it is usually committed by organized criminal groups.

Last week, a group of heavily armed men stormed a hotel in Brasíliaor next to the official residence of the Brazilian presidency and escaped with an unspecified amount of money after the destruction of three electronic bank tellers with explosives.

The accident occurred in the town of Guararema, on the outskirts of San Pablo, explained police commander Mario Alves da Silva.

No policeman died in the shootings, he said.

Images obtained by TV Globo TV showed two bank offices with broken glbad.

Source: EFE and AP