[penner2k]

As some of you may know, one of the main strategies to combat organized crime of the elected Rio de Janeiro government was to create Unidade de Polícia Pacificadoras ("UPP"), which consists mainly of two steps: (i) a huge police task went and expel the drug dealers and then (ii) occupy with police to ensure the security, while providing the residents with public services that they were denied by the organized crime (hospitals, schools, internet access and so on). The goal was to integrate the police with the residents, thus creating a positive environment which could repel the drug dealers by itself when they returned (this may seem dumb, but the lack of society in the slums create a perfect environment for the drug dealers).

Everything went fine and slum after slum received its UPP, but as simple math can show, the drug dealers had to go somewhere. And they were holing in a slum known as Vila Cruzeiro (aprox. 70 thousand residents) and decided they had to shoot back. And so they started to create hell: burning cars and buses (I guess over one hundred by now) and shoot the police. What they couldn't foresee was the reaction from the government.

Local police, military police, federal police and the navy went in full force to counter it. The result? The city is at war.

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_164.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5564/18648517.png
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2351/78278578.png
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7251/51762263.png
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6218/36740663.png
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6836/bope.png

Fucking awesome pictures... looks like its out of a movie or video game

[Supafly]

Cool shit...sad sight tho....something for the next COD...:D

[ilvtofu]

Can't really tell much from the pics looks like any typical pictures of military in cities in middle east nowadays

[penner2k]

http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/20101123rio_album.jhtm?abrefoto=129#fotoNav=60

Here is more pics.. Site is sorta slow

[seakrait]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_164.jpg


WIN.

[penner2k]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_101.jpg

[penner2k]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_134.jpg

[Gumby]

The pics posted so far are EPIC.

[flagella]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_134.jpg

lol i burst into laugh after seeing the badass guy with tobacco to this guy.

[Manic!]

Good job Brazil.

[adambomb]

Favela was my favorite map in MW2 :gun:

[Ch28]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_164.jpg


This guy looks like a fucking OG!


http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6836/bope.png


Something straight out of a movie trailer

[illicitstylz]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_164.jpg


Fucking awesome pictures... looks like its out of a movie or video game


"hell... it's about time"

[BlacknJean]

this could make into a good movie with the premises

[StaxBundlez]

MAN these guys look fucking BADASS!

[jackmeister]

If only they did this in downtown Eastside and anywhere else with drug dealers in Canada, I'd be grateful.

[JD¹³]

Good on the Brazilian gov't for taking serious affirmative action. I wonder if they have brought in PMC's as well.
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[Kamui712]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6836/bope.png

Fucking awesome pictures... looks like its out of a movie or video game

these images remind me of the map Favela on MW2

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e189/marco712/favela.jpg

I need to stop playing COD...


** Edit*** I just realized that Favela IS in Brazil. Map creators did a good job in the likeness to Brazil cities.

[Harvey Specter]

First pic is straight gangstaaaaaaa.

[bengy]

The police look more gansta than the gangsters!

[MindBomber]

Many of the photos show the human face of the conflict, the polica officers are very brave as are the soldiers, but its the photos of innocent people bleeding, children having automatic weapons pointed at them and bodies laying in the street that everyone should see. Our city was in panic when the shooting spree began, but these people are living through something much worse everyday.

I wanted to post some of those photos, but I can't figure out how.

[Great68]

"hell... it's about time"

Hahaha Duke Nukem's Brazilian brother.

[nack]

If only they did this in downtown Eastside and anywhere else with drug dealers in Canada, I'd be grateful.

QFT

[StylinRed]

yeah saw it on the news earlier


i guess that explains why google street view had to remove lots of dead bodies because of the gang war and the gang/police war


prolly wont change anything though

[Nightwalker]

Absolutely not surprised, it's been the fucking wild west in the slums down there for a long time.

[Mr.C]

About fucking time, I say. I used to live in Rio, and the violence was so bad we ended up moving to Canada. Too bad there's only 35 dead so far. And some of those, unfortunately, are civilians. Hope they kill many more drug dealers. Prisons are too full anyway.

@OP: Voce eh Brasileiro? Curiosidade mesmo :p

Another good one:

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_140.jpg

[Presto]

THIS is the REAL WAR ON DRUGS!
.

[belka]

If only they did this in downtown Eastside and anywhere else with drug dealers in Canada, I'd be grateful.

Infantry units fresh from Afghanistan on d/t eastside streets would end in a bloody mess.

Lets do it.

[twitchyzero]

drug cartel, you say?
http://tubatv.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/breakingbad_tuco.jpg

[tiger_handheld]

only if VPD stepped up its game.

[spyker]

only if VPD stepped up its game.

It will never happen,they are too busy writing speeding tickets,giving out VI's and breathylizers.

I don't expect them to actually fight real crime any time soon.

[penner2k]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_173.jpg

Man these pics are so awesome

[belka]

only if VPD stepped up its game.

Let the PPCLI or Vandoo's have free reign for a month. Guarantee Vancouver will never see a drug related crime again.

[BlacknJean]

can anybody show me the link to the dead bodies in this confilct.

[El Bastardo]

Dear Mexico,

Pay attention.

Love, Brazil

[Manic!]

Dear Mexico,

Pay attention.

Love, Brazil

Mexico's trying.

[El Bastardo]

Mexico's trying.


Yup

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/10/mexicos-newest-police-chief-shes-a-20-year-old-student/1

[Alphamale]

Yup

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/10/mexicos-newest-police-chief-shes-a-20-year-old-student/1

She's hot.

But I called it first,

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/goclaygo/scaryblackdude.jpg

[mb_]

the first pic has badass written all over it! should make it my new fb profile pic LOL :D

[mmmk]

drug cartel, you say?
http://tubatv.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/breakingbad_tuco.jpg

love this show. breaking bad :thumbsup:

[drunkrussian]

this could make into a good movie with the premises

its called "city of god". was nominated for oscars a few years ago. check it out, one of my favorites
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[Black240Sx]

I can see this happening in East Vancouver, except instead of sending in the army, we'll just send in a bunch of high paid government workers and instead of giving them guns, we'll give them free drugs to hand out. That will show them.

[Noir]

I can see this happening in East Vancouver, except instead of sending in the army, we'll just send in a bunch of high paid government workers and instead of giving them guns, we'll give them free drugs to hand out. That will show them.

errr free drugs and a home in prime real estate. It's Vancouver, we're such forward thinkers :D

[nns]

It will never happen,they are too busy writing speeding tickets,giving out VI's and breathylizers.

I don't expect them to actually fight real crime any time soon.

Aww, poor you. Cry some more why don't you?

Law enforcement is multi-faceted, you highschool drop-out.

[urrh]

http://n.i.uol.com.br/ultnot/album/20101123rio_f_173.jpg

Man these pics are so awesome

true, but this guy is most definately posing. no camera guy would be stupid enough to jump out for this shot in a real fire fight

[spyker]

Aww, poor you. Cry some more why don't you?

Law enforcement is multi-faceted, you highschool drop-out.

Oh I'm not crying,I'm just stating the facts.If your face was not burried in books all these years in school,maybe you would have seen what the real world is about(you still can,it's not too late),not what the books and teachers tell you.

However,it's nice to see a poor country like Brazil actually spend the little money they do have fighting real crime that actually makes a difference in the community.

[Phil@rise]

true, but this guy is most definately posing. no camera guy would be stupid enough to jump out for this shot in a real fire fight

Wanna bet theres a reason why photographers in war torn places end up dead.
I'm not sayin this particular photo wasn't staged but these photographers put themselves in extreme harms way all the time to get that great shot and bring home some realism to whats going on for those that don't see first hand.
They also have great lenses to catch the action from a distance.

[dlo]

Yup

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/10/mexicos-newest-police-chief-shes-a-20-year-old-student/1

"CNN also interviewed her. She said she's expanding her force, which will be mostly female and unarmed."
WTF?

[Manic!]

She's hot.

But I called it first,

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/goclaygo/scaryblackdude.jpg

More likely shot.

[whateverman]

she gonna get gangbang first then shot

[Sid Vicious]

what does this actually accomplish?

another cartel will simply fill the power vacuum once one is vacated.

[Manic!]

what does this actually accomplish?

another cartel will simply fill the power vacuum once one is vacated.

So they should do nothing and let the drug dealers run the country?

[Sid Vicious]

So they should do nothing and let the drug dealers run the country?

did i say that?

what happened when escobar's cartel was killed? did the violence disappear? did the drug trade stop? what happened when al capone was thrown in jail?

show my how successful the current war on drugs is.

[Black240Sx]

In all fairness, a heavy hand can work. It just has to be REALLY heavy.. the government needs to be the mob. Look at China.. they dont have a drug problem. You mess with drugs they kill you no questions asked.

These central american counties are out of control, I think what they're doing is good and is necesarry to bring the situation under control. For too long they've just let the drug cartels run the show with little or no intervention.

[darkfroggy]

In all fairness, a heavy hand can work. It just has to be REALLY heavy.. the government needs to be the mob. Look at China.. they dont have a drug problem. You mess with drugs they kill you no questions asked.

These central american counties are out of control, I think what they're doing is good and is necesarry to bring the situation under control. For too long they've just let the drug cartels run the show with little or no intervention.

China doesn't have a drug problem?

You know this... because the Chinese media tells you?

[whateverman]

if Canada does any of this it would cost the tax payer million
and we know Canadian love getting fuck in the ass with tax

[drunkrussian]

if Canada does any of this it would cost the tax payer million
and we know Canadian love getting fuck in the ass with tax

"canadian" would be better off spending those "million" on more grammar and spelling textbooks, wouldn't you say?
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[MindBomber]

In all fairness, a heavy hand can work. It just has to be REALLY heavy.. the government needs to be the mob. Look at China.. they dont have a drug problem. You mess with drugs they kill you no questions asked.

China doesn't have a drug problem?

You know this... because the Chinese media tells you?

A heavy hand can be effective, if its extremely heavy, to the point to of Iranian/NK/Chinese style excess. Other factors, such as economic stability and cultural acceptance are more important in the sources behind per capita drug use.

[Mr.C]

its called "city of god". was nominated for oscars a few years ago. check it out, one of my favorites
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Nope, It's actually called Elite Squad. City of God was based on Rio in the 80's. Elite Squad is more current. Worth the watch, but it is a bit violent, even by north american standards. Original title is 'Tropa de Elite'.

[Bonjour43MA]

Wanna bet theres a reason why photographers in war torn places end up dead.
I'm not sayin this particular photo wasn't staged but these photographers put themselves in extreme harms way all the time to get that great shot and bring home some realism to whats going on for those that don't see first hand.
They also have great lenses to catch the action from a distance.


that shot was taken by a wide angle lens. You can tell by how the rifle itself is "stretched" within the frame, and the relatively large depth of field in front/behind the soldier - the cameraman was literally inches away from the rifle.

[drunkrussian]

Nope, It's actually called Elite Squad. City of God was based on Rio in the 80's. Elite Squad is more current. Worth the watch, but it is a bit violent, even by north american standards. Original title is 'Tropa de Elite'.

sweet, ill download that, thanks! gonna be hard to top city of god!
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[StaxBundlez]

But when the police need help... they call these guys.

BOPE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Caveira_bope.jpg/150px-Caveira_bope.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOPE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/BOPE2.jpg/310px-BOPE2.jpg
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Portuguese for Special Police Operations Battalion), mostly known by its acronym BOPE, is a special forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Paulo Thiago from the UFC is actually part of BOPE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-9iRGykPU

"when the police need help... they call BOPE.."
lol

[asian_speedster]

more pictures

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/rios_drug_war.html

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/riodrugwar_11_29/r39_26128863.jpg

This guy is bad ass.

[CP.AR]

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/riodrugwar_11_29/r08_26119311.jpg

DONT MOVE OR WE ARE GOING TO SHOOT...... PICTURES AND VIDEO

but wow, those jouralists... holy shit that takes balls

[Nightwalker]

I love drugs, but I hate gangs, so go Brazil!

[DragonChi]

Elite Squad (2007) - IMDb@@AMEPARAM@@http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTI1Mzc5NjI4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzYyMTQ5MQ@@._ V1._SX95_SY140_.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@BMTI1Mzc5NjI4Nl5BMl 5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzYyMTQ5MQ@@@@AMEPARAM@@SX95@@AMEPAR AM@@SY140

[theSpeedSyndicate]

http://acidcow.com/pics/15331-drug-kings-triplex-inside-a-slum-with-justin.html

I thought this was halarious

BIEBER FEVER!!!

[AutozamAZ-3]

http://acidcow.com/pics/15331-drug-kings-triplex-inside-a-slum-with-justin.html

I thought this was halarious

BIEBER FEVER!!!

either he has a 14 year old daughter or he has a deep dark secret no one should know about..

[SlySi]

Oh I'm not crying,I'm just stating the facts.If your face was not burried in books all these years in school,maybe you would have seen what the real world is about(you still can,it's not too late),not what the books and teachers tell you.

However,it's nice to see a poor country like Brazil actually spend the little money they do have fighting real crime that actually makes a difference in the community.

This is far from the facts.
You have no clue what you are talking about.

[Tapioca]

The fact that people in this thread are comparing the Downtown Eastside to what's going on in Central America is simply ridiculous. It's not like gangs here are setting cars and buildings on fire in the DTES.

Believe it or not, you can actually walk on Hastings between Main and Caroll and not get mugged.

[belka]

Believe it or not, you can actually walk on Hastings between Main and Caroll and not get mugged.

Question is, why would you walk on Hastings between Main and Caroll?

When we stayed at Ballentine Pier during the Olympics, they specifically told us to avoid that area unless you were with an entourage. If you go looking for trouble, its very easy to find it.

[quasi]

The fact that people in this thread are comparing the Downtown Eastside to what's going on in Central America is simply ridiculous. It's not like gangs here are setting cars and buildings on fire in the DTES.

Believe it or not, you can actually walk on Hastings between Main and Caroll and not get mugged.

LOL, someone tried to stab me with a needle right at that location at 6:30am during the week, that was many years ago. I was on my way to work and the irony of it is we were working at the police station. The only thing that kept that psycho away from me was one of these.

http://images.orgill.com/200x200/6440226.jpg

[penner2k]

But when the police need help... they call these guys.

BOPE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Caveira_bope.jpg/150px-Caveira_bope.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOPE

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/BOPE2.jpg/310px-BOPE2.jpg
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Portuguese for Special Police Operations Battalion), mostly known by its acronym BOPE, is a special forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Paulo Thiago from the UFC is actually part of BOPE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-9iRGykPU

"when the police need help... they call BOPE.."
lol


There is a movie called Elite Squad that is based on missions done by BOPE in 1997. If BOPE is looking for someone its not to take them into custody. They just execute them on the spot. They are pretty much known as a death squad..

[CanadaGoose]

LOL, someone tried to stab me with a needle right at that location at 6:30am during the week, that was many years ago. I was on my way to work and the irony of it is we were working at the police station. The only thing that kept that psycho away from me was one of these.

http://images.orgill.com/200x200/6440226.jpg

Fucking crackheads :facepalm: ...good thing you were armed

A shingle hammer is probably the more lethal, but 'friendlier' looking version of this:

http://www.besportier.com/archives/personal-defense-tools-ka-bar-becker-tac-tool-knife-and-tool.jpg Kabaar Becker hammer tool

[InvisibleSoul]

Ridiculous stuff down in Mexico...

http://www.news1130.com/news/world/article/166663--bloody-spree-of-27-killings-including-14-decapitations-stuns-mexico-s-acapulco-resort


Bloody spree of 27 killings - including 14 decapitations - stuns Mexico's Acapulco resort

ACAPULCO, Mexico - The image of this beach mecca has taken a new hit from Mexico's drug violence, with 27 people killed in less than a day, including 14 men whose bodies were found with their heads chopped off at a shopping centre.

Acapulco has seen fierce turf wars between drug gangs, and the bloodshed is scaring some vacationers away even though little of the violence happens in tourist areas.

The decapitation slayings and most of the other killings that occurred in a stretch of just a few hours from Friday night into Saturday also occurred in non-tourism areas. But two police officers were shot to death on a major bayside avenue in front of visitors and locals.

The 14 headless bodies, and a 15th intact corpse, were found by police on a street outside a shopping centre accompanied by written warnings from a drug cartel, authorities said.

Handwritten signs left with the bodies were signed by "El Chapo's People," a reference to the Sinaloa cartel, which is headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, said Fernando Monreal Leyva, director of investigative police for Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.

The narco-messages indicated the Sinaloa cartel killed the 15 men for trying to intrude on the gang's turf and extort residents.

Mexico's drug cartels have increasingly taken to beheading their victims in a grisly show of force, but Saturday's discovery was the largest single group of decapitation victims found in recent years.

In 2008, a group of 12 decapitated bodies were piled outside the Yucatan state capital of Merida. The same year, nine headless men were discovered in the Guerrero state capital of Chilpancingo.

Also killed Saturday in Acapulco were the two police officers; six people who were shot dead and stuffed in a taxi, their hands and feet bound; and four others elsewhere in the city. Two police officers were wounded when armed men attacked a police post in the city's Emiliano Zapata district.

"We are co-ordinating with federal forces and local police to reinforce security in Acapulco and investigating to try to establish the motive and perpetrators of these incidents," Monreal said.

The wave of violence in one of Mexico's biggest resorts was condemned by the federal government.

"Reprehensible acts of violence such as these underscore the need to fight with determination against organized crime," a statement from the Interior Ministry said.

At least 30,196 people have died in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against cartels in late 2006.

Also Saturday, authorities said a small-town mayor was found dead in northern Mexico.

Saul Vara Rivera, mayor of the municipality of Zaragoza, was reported missing by family members Wednesday, Coahuila state prosecutors said in a statement. His bullet-ridden body was discovered Friday in neighbouring Nuevo Leon state.

There were no immediate arrests.

At least a dozen mayors were killed nationwide last year in acts of intimidation attributed to drug gangs.

[El Bastardo]

Yup

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/10/mexicos-newest-police-chief-shes-a-20-year-old-student/1


Just in case you wondered how this turned out:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41904784/ns/world_news-americas/?GT1=43001

[Vansterdam]

check out the movie tropa de elite its preety dope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elite_Squad

[Slifer]

Just in case you wondered how this turned out:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41904784/ns/world_news-americas/?GT1=43001

The female chief is pretty cute :ratedb:

[Mr.C]

check out the movie tropa de elite its preety dope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elite_Squad

Agreed. You guys HAVE to watch this movie. One of the best, if not *the* best action film ever, especially because what happens there is pretty much real.