The Gangs of Rio de Janeiro

Brian Bass

70’s

lil ze     - ran the drug market in the slums of rio

-          Killed all his competitors so he could make the most profit

-          Bought vast amounts of weapons and supplied the children of the community with pistols

-          Paid off the police so he would not go to jail

Carrot and knockout Ned

-          drug market was eliminated by lil ze

-          had many gun battles in the slum with lil ze and his gang

-          knockout ned’s family was killed and anyone who was associated with him was considered an enemy by lil ze

-          carrot was arrested and Knockout ned was killed

80’s to the present

-          Freddie seashore VS. Elias the madman, fought over drugs

-          Along with more violence in the slums of Rio, police brutality went up

-          In the 70’s the governments philosophy was to let the gangs wipe each other out, but during the 80’s and still now the government believes in strict police violence.

-          In 1993 72 street children, who were thought to be gang members, were killed by an “extermination squad”, composed mostly of police.  The attack was known as the “Candelaria Massacre”.

-          Rio is still not safe. The slums are still violent