{"id":70474,"date":"2022-05-30T14:44:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T17:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=70474"},"modified":"2022-06-01T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:24:37","slug":"there-are-many-more-in-the-woods-say-favela-residents-following-massacre-that-killed-23-voicesfromsocialmedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=70474","title":{"rendered":"‘There Are Many More in the Woods!’ Say Favela Residents Following Massacre That Killed 23 #VoicesFromSocialMedia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

So far, the Vila Cruzeiro Massacre in the favelas of Complexo da Penha has left 23 dead<\/a>\u00a0and at least 7 wounded<\/a>. According to local sources, who will not be identified, the number could reach 30. On the morning of May 26, the Civil Police communicated there were 26 dead<\/a>. However, around noon, the press began to report that, in fact, the number had dropped to 23<\/a>. According to the Civil Police, this reduction is due to an error in the identification of three deaths that took place on the same day in other favelas, Juramento<\/a> and Serrinha<\/a>, and not in Vila Cruzeiro. This in itself says a lot about police contempt for residents, treated as indistinct from one another across public datasets.<\/h4>\n

Early on Monday May 23, at around 4am<\/a>, shots were heard by residents of favelas and working-class condominiums in several territories near the Serra da Miseric\u00f3rdia<\/a> massif, the largest wooded area in Rio de Janeiro’s\u00a0North Zone<\/a>. On messaging app groups and social media, many asked: \u201cDo you hear gunshots? Does anyone know if there’s a police operation going on?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus began a police operation that brought together the Rio de Janeiro Military Police (PM<\/a>), the Federal Highway Police (PRF<\/a>) and the Federal Police (PF<\/a>) which, by the end of the day, would be classified as the second most lethal in Rio de Janeiro’s history<\/a>.\u00a0Researchers and human rights organizations\u2014Amnesty International<\/a>, Global Justice<\/a> and the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB<\/a>) among them\u2014classified this police operation as a massacre<\/a>, yet another in the history of Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

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“Chacina \u00e9 o termo t\u00e9cnico para esse n\u00famero de mortos na Vila Cruzeiro, mas n\u00e3o h\u00e1 palavras para descrever o absurdo que aconteceu hoje no Rio de Janeiro.” Essa \u00e9 a avalia\u00e7\u00e3o de Jurema Werneck, diretora-executiva da Anistia Internacional no Brasil. https:\/\/t.co\/GlfZWYft0H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Leonardo Sakamoto (@blogdosakamoto) May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n