BY DAN RJ:
On December 29, 2010, a member of BOPE (aka Tropa de Elite , Rio´s elite police special forces) identified as Alessandro Costa Lopes was shot to death in a suburb on the northern area of the city. It is still not clear who or why killed Alessandro, but it was a big blow for the morale of this organization. The funeral was held on Monday 2nd of January. Even so, in its 30 years of existence, only 19 BOPE soldiers have been killed in action, while the numbers of drug traffickers killed by BOPE reaches thousands. During the New Year´s Eve weekend, apart from Alessandro, two other police officers, (but not members of BOPE) were murdered in Rio, one was shot to death as he arrived at his home, and another as he tried to stop men from stealing his car.
On December 29, 2010, a member of BOPE (aka Tropa de Elite , Rio´s elite police special forces) identified as Alessandro Costa Lopes was shot to death in a suburb on the northern area of the city. It is still not clear who or why killed Alessandro, but it was a big blow for the morale of this organization. The funeral was held on Monday 2nd of January. Even so, in its 30 years of existence, only 19 BOPE soldiers have been killed in action, while the numbers of drug traffickers killed by BOPE reaches thousands. During the New Year´s Eve weekend, apart from Alessandro, two other police officers, (but not members of BOPE) were murdered in Rio, one was shot to death as he arrived at his home, and another as he tried to stop men from stealing his car.
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