Violence in Rio de Janeiro: “The biggest police massacres occurred in the last four years” | Organizations target Bolsonaro governor Castro

“What we are saying is enough. The police operation that kills many people does not solve the problem, because if it were the solution we would be Switzerland. Today there are killings like never before in Rio de Janeiro,” he said. Mariana Araujodirector of Fogo Cruzado Institutewhich monitors armed violence in 57 Brazilian municipalities.

This Tuesday’s mega-operation in the Brazilian metropolis left more than 130 dead and the city in a state of shock. In dialogue with the 750Araujo recounted how he lived the day after and harshly questioned the Bolsonaro governor Claudio Castro.

“He has no right to do what he did yesterday”said the head of Fogo Cruzado. “And it is not the first time, the largest police massacres in Rio de Janeiro occurred in the last four years, with this governor,” he assured.

Araujo directly blamed Castro, whom he accused of using public security and police operations as “propaganda for his candidacy for the Senate next year.”

“This is yesterday’s leader, four months ago the governor’s number one enemy was another, two years ago it was another and no one is imprisoned. So, this is a narrative, we have a governor who is not respected by the population,” he insisted. Branca de Vuelta.

Despite the polarization that invades all discussions in Brazilian society, Araujo said that today he registered a majority repudiation of what he described as “the worst massacre in the history of Brazil.”

“In the media we are seeing critical and balanced coverage and people know that this operation is neither the first nor the last, it does not solve Brazil’s problem, Yesterday the State did not recover anything from the territory of Rio de Janeiro that is dominated by criminals“, argument.

The director of Fogo Cruzado said that for years they have been demanding that the State make a national effort to contain criminal groups in Brazil, a demand that is systematically ignored by the different governments. In addition, they asked the federal government, specifically the president Ignatius “Lula” da Silvawhich repudiates this Tuesday’s mega-operation because it is “a border that cannot be crossed.”

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