The cousins –? — Jerominho and Natalino are ex-cops elected to office — one a city alderman, one a state legislator — by force of mafia-style extortion of voters. Both are now jailed.
The Folha reports.
Rio police unleashed a raid in the early morning hours today against a gang of militiamen known as the League of Justice that operates in certain areas of the Western Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
In all, 18 arrest warrants were issued, of which 5 have already been served. 30 search warrants were also issued. Police say the group exploits local residents, controlling black-market van services and mototaxis, slot machines, cooking gas, a security tax and a monopoly on cable TV and Internet service.
Among the areas dominated by the group are Campo Grande, Cosmos, Inhoaíba, Santíssimo, Paciência, Sepetiba and adjacent areas.The raid was carried out by 150 members of DRACO, the anti-organized crime division of the state civil police, in conjunction with the state secretary of public safety and the unified internal affairs bureau .
The case is curious for the fact that the hit film Tropa de Elite II had already depicted the same criminal behavior, and more — political cliques using militia muscle to enforce the voto de cabresto, an expression suggesting the leading of the voter as an ass led to the polls by a halter.
Cop on cop: state judicial police trade gunfire with ex-military police organized into militias.
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