a minute agoBrazil leads the army to fight violence at Bunting
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Brazilian authorities have announced that about 300 military troops have been sent to the northeastern town of Bunting to combat the sudden increase in violence and crime. Soldiers will patrol the city and throughout the Ceara region to try to stop attacks on shops, banks and buses. The Ministry of Justice ordered commitment [...]
The Justice Ministry ordered the soldiers' commitment after the dozens of attacks that took place this week. These attacks are being carried out in protest of new and stricter measures in local prisons, which are largely controlled by criminal gangs.
Prison authorities in this region have blocked mobile phone waves within prisons and ended the prison division policy on the basis of gang connections. The engagement of troops came only days after the inauguration of the country's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, who during the campaign had promised to fight rampant crime.
The president praised the justice minister's decision to send military troops to Bunting. About 50 people have been arrested in connection with recent attacks. According to official data, Brazil has more than 700 thousand prisoners, thus taking third place in the world after the United States of America and China, writes “BBC”
