Brazils Drug Gangs Are Prepared To Go To War With Bolsonaro ( HBO)

Brazils new president, Jair Bolsonaro, signed a temporary decree on Tuesday fulfilling a campaign promise to tackle the countrys epidemic of violence by making it easier for Brazilians to buy guns. I signed this decree, created by many upstanding people, so that at this first moment, upstanding citizens can have peace inside their homes, Bolsonaro said at the signing ceremony in the countrys capital, Brasília. Bolsonaro, a conservative former Army captain, was sworn in as president on Jan. 1 after sweeping to power last year on a hardline lawandorder platform, pledging to reduce the countrys record murder rate and booming trade in illegal drugs that fuels it. On the main highway leading into Rio de Janeiro, Brazils Federal Highway Patrol or PRF say theyre confiscating record numbers of illegal guns and drugs. The officers patrolling the road seized 18 tons of drugs last year a more than a 300percent increase from the year before. It s a traditional route fo