Brazil's new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, vowed Sunday that "good will beat evil" as he oversaw a troop crackdown on gangs rampaging in a northeast city and mourned the murder of a Rio policeman.
In a tweet, he sent condolences to the family of the officer who was shot and killed early Sunday when he confronted armed assailants robbing motorists in Rio de Janeiro.
Lamenting that security personnel and citizens targeted by criminals used to be treated as mere statistics, Bolsonaro said: "The legislative, executive and judicial (powers) together must, by law, give guarantees that good will beat evil."
The governor, Camilo Santana, was quoted saying state police and the soldiers were working jointly, and declaring: "I will be tough on crime."
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