Brazil police arrest 10 men suspected of stealing millions

Ten men suspected of taking part in a dramatic, multimillion-dollar theft from an armored car company in a Paraguayan border city have been arrested in Brazil, officials in the Brazilian Federal Police have said.
The 10 are suspected of being among roughly 50 men who used explosives to blast into the vault of the Prosegur company in Ciudad del Este, then escaped into Brazil, Federal Police Inspector Fabiano Bordignon yesterday said.
Juan Cocci, Prosegur's president for Latin America, told Radio Mitre in Argentina, that in the multi-stage attack, gunmen with assault rifles attacked a police station at 2 AM Monday, killing one officer and wounding four people.

The gang also torched about 16 vehicles and set off grenades in three locations near the company's headquarters, before attacking the building and blasting into the vault, he said.
Cocci said about USD 8 million was missing from the vault, which he said held USD 49 million before the assault.
Anibal Lima, police spokesman for Paraguay's Alto Parana Department, where Ciudad del Este is located, said the attackers are believed to belong to Brazilian organized crime groups like Sao Paulo's First Capital Command or Rio de Janeiro's Red Command.
Paraguay's national police said it had relieved Ciudad del Este's four top police commanders "to optimize police services in the region.