shocking images of brutal police operation that killed more than 20 in favela

The police investigation operation began at 6 a.m. in a favela controlled by the Comando Vermelho (Red Command), Brazil’s oldest drug gang.

Images of the Globo TV and others that have been broadcast on social media, have shown how criminals armed with guns escaped through the roofs and terraces of favela houses, sparking terror among neighbors who woke up with the traffickers of the favela. drugs inside their homes.

As reported civilian police in a statement, a policeman was shot in the head and 22 suspects they were also killed by police bullets. At the same time, Neighbors reported police abuse of force: a bride could not attend her own wedding and a pregnant woman with a scheduled cesarean could not leave her home, among other things.