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Article: Violence in Rio goes on as authorities discuss new action plan
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- AP Worldstream
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- March 8, 2003
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Dateline: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
Murder and a shoot-out continued to shake Rio de Janeiro as the ministers
of justice and defense were set to meet with Rio state's governor
Saturday about measures to fight the drug gang-related violence.
Police inspector Jose Antonio Correia was found shot dead in a northern
Rio district early Saturday when an unknown number of gunmen stole
his car, police said. Correia was an aide to Rio's police chief, Alvaro
Lins.
In an unrelated event late Friday, three police officers were wounded
in a shootout with alleged drug traffickers near a northern Rio slum,
police said.
Violent crime in Brazil's second-biggest city escalated early last ...