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Weekly Report - 23 May 2006
BRAZIL: Battle of São Paulo leaves a disquieting balance
The bloody Battle of São Paulo did not end, as the authorities had claimed, on 16 May after what appeared to have been an attempt to negotiate with gang leader Marcos Camacho. After a first phase in which the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), with the advantage of surprise, inflicted 40 casualties on the police and prison guards, a backlash by the law-enforcement agencies raised the overall death toll to an officially acknowledged 172 (and a far higher suspected total). Questions are being asked, not only about how the PCC organised its offensive undetected, but also about why the police were not reined in when seen embarking on a revenge spree.
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