* Brazil’s justice ministry has asked for Frederik Barbieri to be extradited back to Brazil after he was jailed in the US state of Florida for arms trafficking on 25 February. Barbieri, a Brazilian national, is wanted by local police for helping to smuggle 60 automatic rifles in to the South American country last May by hiding them in swimming pool heaters. The rifles were allegedly sent on to Brazil’s largest favela, Rocinha in the southern state of Rio de Janeiro, where traffickers from rival factions have been at war since September 2017.
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