2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis

2010 Rio de Janeiro Security Crisis
Part of Armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian soldiers holding FN FALs in a favela.
Date21–28 November 2010
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Result Occupation of Vila Cruzeiro and Complexo do Alemão by the government forces, security restored in the city.
Belligerents

 Brazil:


Brazilian Armed Forces


Ministry of Justice


Rio de Janeiro

Gangs:

Commanders and leaders
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Nelson Jobim
Sérgio Cabral Filho
José Mariano Beltrame
General Sardenberg
Colonel Duarte		 Luciano Martiniano da Silva (Pezão) and Fabiano Atanásio da Silva (FB)
Strength

21,000 men of Military Police and Civil Police

  • BOPE
  • CORE
  • 12 Police armored vehicles (caveirões)

500 soldiers Brazilian Marines
6 M-113
6 Mowag Piranha III
5 AAV7A1
800 Paratroopers from Brazilian Army


2 EE-9 Cascavel
6 EE-11 Urutu
9 Helicopters		 400-600 men in Complexo do Alemão and Vila Cruzeiro
thousands of Comando Vermelho men in other favelas
Casualties and losses
4 wounded 39 killed
200 arrested
2 civilians killed

In November 2010, there was a major security crisis in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro and some of its neighboring cities. The city's criminal drug trafficking factions initiated a series of attacks in response to the government placing permanent police forces into Rio's slums.

In response to the attacks, the local police forces with the aid of the Brazilian Army and Marine Corps initiated a large scale offensive against two of the largest drug trafficking headquarters in the city, located in the Vila Cruzeiro and the neighboring Complexo do Alemão. The operation is considered a success by the government and local media and a large quantity of illegal drugs, weapons and money were confiscated.

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