07-06-2021 22:28 via kvoa.com

Amazon city shuts down amid attacks over trafficker’s death

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian Amazon’s biggest city has shut down schools and suspended public transportation amid a wave of vandalism and violence that has followed the death of an alleged leader of a drug trafficking ring in a shootout with police. Authorities said Monday that dozens of buses, public buildings, banks and personal vehicles in Manaus were targeted by a drug trafficking organization as retribution for the weekend killing. Some 29 people suspected of carrying out
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