Rio security chief wants soldiers to start policing city
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of security for the state of Rio de Janeiro wants soldiers to start policing...
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The head of security for the state of Rio de Janeiro wants soldiers to start policing the city immediately, 2 ½ months before the Rio Olympics are set to start. ......
View ArticleOlympic gold-medal sailor robbed at gunpoint in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri said he was fortunate to have escaped with his life after being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro as he and two fellow...
View ArticleOlympic gold-medal sailor tells of gunpoint robbery in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri said he was fortunate to have escaped with his life after being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro as he and two...
View ArticleRio security head says $550 million budget cut poses risk to Olympics
Click photo to enlarge In this May 3, 2016 photo, Rio de Janeiro's state security secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame gives an interview in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Beltrame said that despite millions of...
View ArticleA sign of Rio Olympics: military police security drills
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Faced with concerns about security for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, special tactical units...
View ArticlePolice replace soldiers on security duty in big Rio slum
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Rio de Janeiro have finished replacing more than 2,000 soldiers who have been...
View ArticleOlympics: Armored cars, soldiers in camouflage secure Rio Games
Rio de Janeiro • Brazilian soldiers were on the streets Saturday, checking out spots around the city that will get intense security when the Rio de Janeiro Olympics open in just under four weeks....
View ArticleRio Olympics police reinforcements come under gunfire
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Members of a huge police force sent to secure crime-ridden Rio before the Olympics next month have already come under gunfire, officials said Wednesday as Brazil's...
View ArticleExtra 3,000 soldiers deployed to support Olympic security effort (Comitê...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) An extra 3,000 soldiers have been drafted into the giant security operation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, defence minister...
View ArticleSoldiers and armoured cars on Rio de Janeiro streets in Olympics security sweep
Brazilian soldiers were on the streets on Saturday, checking out spots around the city that will get intense security when the Rio de Janeiro Olympics open in just under four weeks. Armoured vehicles...
View ArticleArmored cars, soldiers in camouflage secure Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazilian soldiers were on the streets Saturday, checking out spots around the city that will get...
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