Sunday, November 05, 2006

"Art Imitates Life in Rio"

Police hunted through the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday to try to recover nearly 100 fake guns they fear could be used in real robberies...

The guns were being used for a movie called Tropa de Elite about special units working to contain drug traffic in Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns.
In other words, fake guns were stolen from a fake activity memorializing a fake government program...

This isn't the first time we've visited Brazil here at WarOnGuns...

Also see:

"Brazil Nuts" (GUNS Magazine)
"Blame it on Rio"
"Death Mounts in Rio's War on Crime"
"Brazil's Police 'Execute Thousands' For Peace"

[Via Cousin G]
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2 comments:

  1. E. David Quammen11/05/2006 2:51 PM

    You forgot to mention the fake U.S. CIA/DEA backing of the 'pogrom'.

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  2. Fletch11/07/2006 9:05 PM

    I hope they start arresting people who draw pictures of guns! They could be stolen and used to intimidate people!

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