By Alex Rodrigues

Days after the security forces of the state of Rio de Janeiro launched the so-called Operation Containment against organized crime in the favelas of Penha and Alemão, the governments of Argentina and Paraguay decided to reinforce patrols along their borders with Brazil.

“We reinforced border security to protect Argentinians from any exodus [of criminals] resulting from the clashes in Rio de Janeiro,” explained the Argentine Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, in a post on her social media.

She published a copy of the official letter she sent to the Secretary of National Security, Alejandra Monteoliva, ordering an increase in the number of federal troops on the border with Brazil as a “preventive measure.”

In the same official document, Bullrich describes members

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