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Rio Governor Reiterates Shoot-to-Kill Stance Against Criminals

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, defended once again his shoot-to-kill attitude when it comes to criminals. The governor has compared criminals and drug traffickers as ‘terrorists’ who have to be stopped.

"If it is necessary to face the cruelty of these enemies, true narco-terrorists, use all the force necessary to kill them, because using firearms against society we will never admit," in a speech on Monday given at the ceremony to introduce Rio’s new Special Police Battalion (BOPE) commander.

In the speech, Witzel . . .

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