Flagra of Traficantes not Complexo do Alemão 2016
An article published by O Globo in 2007 revealed the origin of Complexo do Alemão After World War II a Pole named Leonard Kaczmarkiewicz bought the land it was not long before the place became known as Morro do Alemão Hill German because of the physical appearance of a person Kaczmarkiewicz 3 stereotypical European fair complexion is called informally or alemão Galician Brazilian Portuguese Russian while gringo tourists only apply to non-Portuguese -speaking; these terms may be offensive, or mocking intimate depending on the context, but are generally impoliment neutral.
The rural area has begun to change its appearance in the 1920s, when the leather factory Curtume Carioca was founded it attracted hundreds of local workers when the Avenida Brasil was inaugurated in 1946, the area began progress and soon became the city's main industrial pole settlement construction began in 1951, when Kaczmarkiewicz divided his land into parcels and possibly sell the area has evolved in the uncontrolled growth of slums for decades; which was parallel to what was happening in other parts of Rio during the same period 3.
On June 27, 2007, just days before the Live Earth concert in Copacabana and the opening ceremony of the XV Pan American Games Complexo Alemao was the phase of an extensive operation by the military police against the band that controlled the official figures indicate area the police killed about twenty people in the region from attacks by the state against the favelas happened countless other times until the end of the Pan American Games, Complexo do Alemão was under siege operation was not not without criticism, as some saw his goal as being to suppress drug traffickers from Complexo do Alemao favelas that during the Pan American Games for the international image of Brazil could have been hurt if anything happened during the Games 4 the United Nations Fund also criticized the operation, which injured four miners 5 He got the Gaza strip 3 nickname.
The police operation in the Complexo in June 2007 was partly in response to the killing of two police officers on 1 May 2007 in the Zona Norte neighborhood of Oswaldo Cruz Police patrolling the João Vicente street where the car-jacking involving causing the death of the child João Hélio had the police car was surrounded by armed gang members and sprayed with bullets thirty June 7.
A Brazilian AAV in a street in the Complexo do Alemão, in November 2010.
The police entered the Complexo do Alemao in the 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis.
On 25 November 2010, the Special Ops Battalion BOPE with the Brazilian navy invaded the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Rio de Janeiro Most drug traffickers eventually fled to neighboring Complexo do Alemão.
The operation, which was part of the security crisis in 2010 Rio de Janeiro is the state deal with drug traffickers fixing the buses and other vehicles on fire using fuel These attacks occurred in various parts of the city Rio de Janeiro coordinated attack was in retaliation for the government the establishment UPP, Unidade de Policia Pacificadora pacifying police units in various favelas around Rio This led to the expulsion of the various armed drug traffickers and pressure tight to criminal leaders in the favelas, which continued outside of state control and its laws, such as Complexo do Alemão.
Public Safety Chief of Rio, José Mariano Beltrame, supported by the governor of Rio, sent an ultimatum to the criminals hidden in the Complexo do Alemao, either to surrender and lay down their arms or face an invasion of the combined forces of BOPE Brazilian army and Brazilian navy, which could worsen the violence and make victims criminals have refused to surrender and radioed threats to the army two days later, 3,000 men stormed the Complexo do Alemão with guns, battle tanks and armored vehicles Despite criminal threats, military force met little resistance and took over the area in a few hours after the invasion, an initial search was conducted, and tons of drugs cocaine and marijuana were found, as well as weapons, stolen cars and motorcycles.
During the operation, the majority of calls to number set up by the government of Rio to anonymously report criminal activity known as of the denuncia Disc name were residents living within the security forces of the State Complexo also found during this period that local residents would mark quietly with subtle body movements to help the police in their hunt for drugs and weapons 8.
In 2012, military forces left the Complexo and turned to civilian police also in 2012, UPP began to be implemented in the Complexo and government services were extended the previous two years.
There was the bike and the organization of competitions in the hills of Vila Cruzeiro in Complexo do Alemão, one, the Bullfight Desafio da Paz was organized by the NGO AfroReggae in May 2012, and presented the Head of Security State, José Mariano Beltrame as one of the runners who completed the 5 km race 9.
On July 23, 2012, the first police officer to die in a favela, while under UPP administration, was shot by criminals in the Nova Brasília region of the Complexo do Alemão At the time of filming, the female officer, 30- year Fabiana Aparecida de Souza, who had been on the force a few months, UPP was a small station in the favela, when the building was fired on 12 assailants and was shot in the abdomen by a bullet Ten minutes before that happened, eight assailants shot two police officers patrolling the Pedra do Sapo part of the Complexo, but no one was injured 10.
Last week, police were patrolling the area Fazendinha in the Complexo when they were attacked two different times in one incident, a grenade was thrown, which exploded near their patrol car Nov. 12.
Following the attack which killed the police officer, an additional 500 police officers were assigned to the UPP Complexo, bringing the total number of 1,800 agents working in the 13 community.
A gondola built by Leitner-Poma Group now covers the Complexo do Alemao allowing faster residents commute 14 15 16 It is commonly referred Bondinho do Alemão, in reference to the most famous cable car Sugarloaf Mountain and Santa Teresa Tram both also called bondinho it has become a popular destination for foreign tourists on weekends 17.
On July 8, 2011, SuperVia began operating the cable the first system of overhead lifting passengers in transit in Brazil The system consists of 152 gondolas, each of which can carry 10 passengers, eight sitting and two standing, and 3 5 km long cable car is integrated in the urban rail transport system and has six stations - Bonsucesso, Adeus, Baiana, Alemão, Itararé Alvorada and Palmeiras line connects to the Saracuruna line Bonsucesso station 18.
From the first station Bonsucesso last Palmeiras takes 16 minutes after the law signed by Governor Sérgio Cabral, every resident is entitled to two free tickets per day one-way and return tickets at a cost causation R 1 but now costs R 5 for the free trip travel is back the cable does not work on Sundays or public holidays it runs from Monday to Saturday 18.
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