In Ceará, 50 cities are already affected by violence | New

The fire and destruction became routine after three weeks of fighting. ; attacks. Nobody knows where and when they will be. For this reason, a simple abandoned bag mobilizes squadrons, emptying buildings, banning streets, changing daily life.

"Everything that happens to us is already expected and is really scared of what lies behind," says engineer Francisca Regiane Barbosa.

"It's a bit scary, but the population must learn to manage this risk," said nurse Sandra Cordeiro.

The reaction of the authorities is accompanied by a strengthening of the maintenance of order. The federal government sent more than 400 National Force officers and 262 federal highway patrol agents.

States like Bahia, Pernambuco, Piauí and Santa Catarina also sent help: at least 140 other police officers.

The Ceará government summoned the deputies from the reserve and 800 men gathered to return to work. They also transferred to external prisons organized crime leaders who commanded attacks from within the cells.

All this did not stop new attacks. For Caesar Barreira, a specialist in violence, he says that criminal actions have become unpredictable.

"They happen in different places, at different times and even the objectives of the attacks are differentiated, they are not just public transport, they attack other targets today." 19659010] But criminal acts were repeated more frequently in buildings, bridges and viaducts, garbage trucks, cars and public service stations and public schools, places where the police is the center. And the last seven attacks, since Monday night (21), show that they remain vulnerable.

Bandits blew up a bomb in an energy substation in Fortaleza, set fire to the Paracuru City Hall and municipal schools in Ibaretama and Quixadá towns, a nursery of Caucaia and a garbage truck in Fortaleza.

The Secretary of Security said that it was necessary to further strengthen the control of attacks.