and with that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of an era
here are the heads that controlled Rio de Janeiro the past 10 years
from right to leaft
pezao: missing, presume dead. likelihood of his death is very high, at the hands of his gang
choque: prison, bangu state penitentiary in RJ
FB: just arrested, drug trafficking, homicide, kidnapping, and 11 other charges
fernandinho beira mar: the boss of bosses, solitary confinement in federal prison in the state of Mato Grosso in the Pantanal region of the Amazon jungle, leader of all the rest in the picture; estimated in 2011 to bank over 100 million usd a year 10 years after his arrest
marcinho vp: may he be safe and not suffer, prison, bangu state penitentiary in RJ
http://forum.sbrforum.com/players-talk/204614-what-greatest-moment-your-life.html#post2040568
Nem: was the last hope, arrested in Nov 2011; all of the above belong to a gang called CV, Nem belongs to a gang called ADA, enemies. in 2010 the brazilian army attacked the favelas in a 10,000 men operation to rid of the traffickers in an area called the Complexo do Alemao, an area of 13 favelas surrounding a mountain with a population of over 100,000 literally inaccessible to police because of the traffickers (fly over vid
http://bit.ly/yAyUIv). after the army attack CV was very wounded, Nem took in, hid and helped all of his former enemies in a beautiful display of criminality brotherhood seldom seen anywhere in the world. respect for Nem.
Mister M: assassin, head of security of
pezao, turned boss, won the heart of all including the big boss and the community, asked to leave the life and was granted permission, turned himself in and did 9 months for cooperating. caught the attention of a talent scout with all the media coverage and became a runway model, did sao paulo fashion rio fashion, moved to new york to work on his modeling career. negro with a good smile.