Police shot and killed a Spanish vacationer in a Rio de Janeiro slum on Monday after the automotive she was driving in didn’t cease at a police street block, authorities stated.
Rio’s police confirmed in a written assertion that Maria Esperanza Ruiz Jimenez, 67, died after being shot by a police officer within the Rocinha slum.
The Rio state safety secretariat, which oversees all police forces, stated the capturing can be investigated.
Rocinha has been the scene of extreme violence for a month as rival gangs have clashed with one another for management over the drug commerce. Intense shootouts between the gangs and likewise with police have taken place nearly every day.
A number of different slums within the metropolis that hosted the 2016 Olympics have additionally seen elevated shootouts.
For a number of months police have struggled to keep up management of the town. President Michel Temer in July approved using about 9,000 military troopers to assist patrol Rio, but it surely has had little impact on tamping down the violence.