The 13 dead in an operation in the favelas Fallet, Fogueteiro and Prazeres – all located in the central region of Rio – will not be buried in the São Francisco de Paula cemetery in Catumbi, the closest community, due to the ban on traffickers of a rival faction. The victims are involved in drug trafficking in the communities targeted by the operation, dominated by the Red Command. According to relatives of the victims who told EXTRA, the criminals of Morro da Mineira, neighbors of the cemetery and occupied by the Third Pure Command (TCP), do not allow the burial of rivals in the place.
– You can not bury there. They throw gunshots from the favela to the cemetery, threaten families, claim that they will invade the cemetery and seize their bodies, "said a relative.All graves must be made at the São João Batista cemetery. , in Botafogo, 7 km from the favelas.
The two factions have been at war since the beginning of the week, after the invasion of Crown Hill, formerly dominated by the PCT, by CV-type criminals. that some of the dead have participated in the raid Since Wednesday, shootings took place in the region
The floor of the house where the suspects were killed “/> L & rsquo; Of the house where the accused were killed Photo: Pilar Olivares / REUTERS