Event
Criminal drug trafficking factions in Rio de Janeiro initiate a series of attacks in response to the government placing permanent police forces in the favelas
21 Nov 2010 – 28 Nov 2010 · 22.91° S, 43.21° W
What the records say
- When
- 21 Nov 2010 – 28 Nov 2010
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 22.91° S, 43.21° W
- Description
- Criminal drug trafficking factions in Rio de Janeiro initiate a series of attacks in response to the government placing permanent police forces in the favelas.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis.
The source
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