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Police Commander Resigns in Face of Scandals

By Zoë Roller, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Wednesday, September 28th, Military Police Commander Mário Sérgio de Brito Duarte announced his resignation from the hospital where he was recovering from prostate surgery. Duarte, a former commander of BOPE and the Maré Battalion, was appointed by Security Secretary José Mariano Beltrame in July 2009. Duarte is the third PM commander to resign in the past three years.

The announcement followed the arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Cláudio Luis Silva de Oliveira, former commander of the São Gonçalo (7th) Military Police Battalion, for ordering the

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