There are already 20 people killed by landslides in the favela "carioca" | Chronic

The toll of victims of the collapse of two buildings illegally built in a favela of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has been increased to 20, with the discovery of four bodies, including a girl, while rescue teams are always looking for four has disappeared.

Firefighters reported that on Wednesday, the sixth day of the search, the bodies of six-year-old Ana Julia Martin Souza Campos, two women and one man were removed from the rubble, EFE reported.

The tragedy also left eight injured, including one serious. A hundred firefighters have been working since last Friday on the site of the tragedy, in the district of Muzema, west of Rio, with the help of sniffer dogs, military engineers, drones and of machines, hoping to find other survivors. .

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Similarly, at least five civil defense engineers, 38 city officials and a dozen health professionals participated in the rescue operations. The collapsed buildings were erratically built in an environmental reserve area controlled by self-defense groups called militias, who sold the apartments at prices much lower than those of the market, but without providing documentation. corresponding.

The seventh civil judge of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro, Ernesto da Fonseca Costa, on Monday accepted the OTP's request to suspend any new work in the militia-built condominium with about 30 buildings.

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The mayor's office has also announced plans to demolish 16 buildings that are part of the Figuieras do Itanhangá condominium, all built illegally. The president of the Muzema Neighbors Association, Marcelo Diniz, interviewed by police on Tuesday, said he did not know who had built the buildings and denied that militants dominate the area.