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Police gunfight with favela gang traps 200 tourists on hilltop
Police said 2 people were arrested and no injuries were reported after the gunfight stranded about 200 tourists on a popular sunrise hike.
- On Monday, more than 200 tourists were stranded atop Morro Dois Irmaos, or Two Brothers Hill, in Rio as police engaged in a gunfight with the Comando Vermelho gang in the nearby Vidigal favela.
- According to Globo, officers from the Public Prosecutor and Civil police initiated an operation to arrest suspected Comando Vermelho members hiding in Vidigal; drug traffickers opened fire upon arrival, blocking the trail.
- Video shared on social media shows the group sitting on the ground as gunfire erupted nearby. Tourist Danielly Nobre told the newspaper Dia, "In the end, everything worked out," noting a police helicopter signaled for calm.
- After receiving a green light from police, the stranded group eventually descended the hill. The operation resulted in the arrest of three people, with authorities confirming there were no injuries during the exchange.
- Favela Turismo operator Renan Monteiro stated "there were more than 200 people taking the tour this morning. Seventy percent were foreign tourists," and lamented that reports of such gun battles would hurt tourism in Rio.
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In Brazil of Lula da Silva two hundred tourists were trapped this weekend on the top of a mountain in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of a shooting between the police and the Vermelho Commando, one of the most violent criminal organizations in the Ibero-American country, whose favelas control with their own law large areas of the city. Visitors, immobilized for hours without being able to leave the place, lived in the first person the reality of a …
Police operation at the vantage point: Around 200 tourists are stuck on a hill, shots are dropped, a helicopter is circling. What is behind the danger becomes clear only on the spot.
Hundreds of Tourists Stranded Atop Rio de Janeiro Trail as Police Gunfire Erupts During Gang Raid
More than 200 tourists were stranded atop Morro Dois Irmãos as authorities targeted alleged Comando Vermelho members in the Vidigal favela belowCredit: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via GettyNEED TO KNOWMore than 200 tourists were stranded atop Morro Dois Irmãos during a police operation in Rio de Janeiro, according to the BBCAuthorities were targeting suspected Comando Vermelho members believed to be hiding in the Vidigal favela belowVisitors were late…
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Tourists return to Rio viewpoint after shootout scare
Tourists flocked to an iconic Rio de Janeiro viewpoint on Tuesday, a day after a gunfight between police and drug gangs in a nearby favela trapped over 200 people on the hilltop.
More than 200 tourists who went to admire the sunrise in Rio de Janeiro were blocked on Monday by a shooting between police and drug traffickers in a favela, the authorities and an organiser of the excursion announced.
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