By C.H. Gardiner
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fernando Gomes de Freitas, known as Fernandinho Guarabu, controlled the drug trade on Rio's Governor's Island for 15 years, an exceptionally long time in a profession with an extremely short life expectancy.
Police shot and killed De Freitas Thursday morning during a targeted operation in Morro do Dende on the island.
The community is located just next to Galeão, Rio's international airport. A shootout between De Freitas and police in 2007 resulted in one of the airport's runways being shut down for several hours.
Authorities said that . . .
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