Inside Brazil’s Elite SpecOps Unit Storming the Favelas

I went to Brazil and met with CORE, Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais, a police tactical unit fighting various heavily armed criminal factions in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Special thanks to Delegado Fabricio Oliveira and Gabriel Lott for showing me around their base.
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[@ArrosticiniVore]

Reducing police presence increases crime? Who would have thought that?

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Reducing poverty decreases crime. The issue is never "more policing", but less poverty. Brazil has insanely high income inequality. Capitalists always just uses violence in attempts to try to keep people in line, and themselves rich. "Brazil’s six richest men have the same wealth as poorest 50 percent of the population; around 100 million people. The country's richest 5 percent have the same income as the remaining 95 percent."

[@janvarga4023]

@@Nobody-Nowhere That is false.. Poverty has very little to do with criminality.

[@RMD94]

​@@janvarga4023that is absolute nonsense, poverty is the single biggest factor in criminality. Why do you think majority of crime happens in poorer areas of countries?

[@Arkaine197]

@@Nobody-Nowhere That's absolutely not true, it's actually the other way around, crime drives poverty. Stores will raise prices to cover losses by theft, and as History Legends pointed out in the video these businesses are also paying protection racket "taxes" to the gangs, all of which they have to cover by increasing the prices of their goods for the average consumer. When all this raises the cost of living, poverty increases. Furthermore it is actually genuinely evil of you to suggest that poor people can't be held to same moral standards as everyone else, i do not make the same amount of money as Bill Gates or Jeff Besos, i work a minimum wage job at the local supermarket and yet have somehow never once had the urge to steal or deal drugs, it's pieces of crap like YOU who try to justify crime by saying it's acceptable for anyone who makes less money than "the rich" are the problem with society today.

[@RMD94]

​@@Nobody-Nowherethey also love keeping the classes scared of eachother, have the middle class fear the working class and have the working class fear the underclass. They want crime.

[@renatonovis]

Just one thing your forgot to mention is the brutality of these criminal organizations. My father was for a while a journalistic photographer in Rio before he moved to where we live now. He would often follow police investigators into crime scenes where the criminals executed their rivals, troublesome police and journalists or snitches. They like to torture, my father used to talk about a crime scene where a dude's entie family was burned alive in his car in front of him before they shot him and left for dead, their prefered method, as potraied in Tropa de Elite, is burning people alive in tires, and this was back in 80s nowadays is probably much worse. Funnily enough robbers who rob inside the favela are usually summarily executed by the criminals.

[@mamabazzz]

LOL. Yes he did.

[@historylegends]

Yes. CORE operatives showed me some videos of what these criminals are capable of... truly horrifying. I still think of these barbaric images sometimes. Maybe for a Part 2.

[@ralphwiggam7630]

I lived in the favelas ... I can assure you that it's bad :( I spent two years in the worst favelas of Sampa as a missionary. A young man I knew had a friend who got into drugs. When he couldn't pay, os traficantes tied him up and stabbedd him over 30 times ... brutality and death are a daily occurrence there ...

[@JM-ct9mx]

@@ralphwiggam7630you losers desperate for likes have got to stop making up stories on youtube.

[@ralphwiggam7630]

Bem cara, voce e Carioca?

[@livingtribunal4110]

I've lived here for 10 years and the saying still holds true: _"Brasil's not for beginners"_ 🇧🇷 😎

[@drewinsur7321]

PVP is aways On bruh

[@Victorfpy]

​@@drewinsur7321true 😂

[@livingtribunal4110]

@@drewinsur7321 Que?

[@lignorof8475]

“O Brasil não é para amadores”, the translation instead of “beginners” is “amateurs”, so US/UK soyboys here won’t survive a day here lmao

[@Alexflol]

@@livingtribunal4110 Traduzindo para você, Jogador vs Jogador. Termo usado em jogos que se enfrenta outras pessoas.

[@kayoxdlivebr]

Four of my colleagues were shot in Rio last year, three dead. Their crime? They were drinking a beer at a fancy beach kiosk in a nice neighborhood, and some criminals mistakenly took them as belonging to a rival faction. Rio is a beautiful city, but I will never go back there.

[@Guizambaldi]

It's very rare for bad things like that to happen to the upper middle class or the rich. They were very unlucky. People who are killed in Rio are mainly gang members and people caught in the crossfires in the favelas. Sometimes people get killed in robberies, but generally because they reacted to it and are outside of the good neighborhoods.

[@kayoxdlivebr]

@Guizambaldi every time I talk to a carioca, they try to convince me that rio isn't that bad. Not even 10 minutes later, they begin talking about being robbed, having a gun pointed towards their head, and people who were kidnapped... I will never go back to Rio. I see no way to save that place. It's a mix of bad politics and shitty culture that, over the years, made the place rotten.

[@Guizambaldi]

@@kayoxdlivebr The city is in a bad shape since the 60s. I don't see any sign of progress coming soon. Still, it is as safe as any other metro region in Brazil when it comes to those well off. It's a different story if you are lower middle class or poor. It's certainly much worse to live in the outskirts of Rio than in the outskirts of São Paulo.

[@l.r.l938]

Essa história ficou muito famosa aqui, mas você fala como se fosse uma coisa normal, e não é. Não sou carioca sou do interior de São Paulo, mas sei que não é comum turistas sendo mortos confundidos com traficantes no rio

[@Pedrogog]

A violência no Rio só é escandalizada quando branco rico morre. Toda hora e todo dia morre pretos na favela, VÁRIOS inocentes que não tem nada a ver com o tráfico, nem com milícia e nem com policiais. Eles são vítimas dessa guerra, promovida por esses governos nojentos que insistem em governar o Rio de Janeiro, mas ninguém se comove, ninguém se importa, os pretos mortos são APAGADOS da memória das pessoas. Mas os médicos? Toda hora lembram e choram.

[@martinottoman3179]

Finally, after all memes someone came to Brazil

[@historylegends]

🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@user-uo8lt3wx4s]

The only good things I remember from brazil are girls, tgirls and best formula pilot in history. Every time I went out, thugs tried to stalk and rob me. Until i figured out that you have to wear dirty clothes

[@anthonyhowrard526]

@@user-uo8lt3wx4s I lived in Salvador for 5 years on and and NEVER had any problems. If you walk around with watches, rings etc yes you might get targeted. My ex wife who was from their went mad at me but I never felt scared. That said She had Her purse and bag stolen from Her car 3 times and her mate Had a gun put to her head at some traffic lights.

[@mrhonkhonk6116]

@@user-uo8lt3wx4sok what ?

[@Markizas.Karabasas]

dyou have to cohm tu brouseel: we goh foo, weemen and gobragao y suprasao

[@Tonik-13]

In Russia, in the 90s after the collapse of the USSR, the whole country was divided between criminal gangs and criminal oligarchs who had their own special services and small armies. They plundered the country and it seemed that nothing could stop the further destruction of Russia... Thanks for the informative video. Buddy, you're the coolest... Best wishes to Brazil from Russia..

[@user-cd9hi9dw8l]

E aliás o maior problema com traficantes no Brasil são os políticos e a mídia,os políticos porque não tem capacidade de raciocínio lógico,e a mídia,porque não se pode atirar em criminoso que a polícia e o governo vira demoníaco,no final oque nós falta é um Putin!

[@Tonik-13]

@@user-cd9hi9dw8l Hi friend. I left a comment under this video because it's all very familiar to me. All this happened in Russia too, plus endless terrorist attacks all over the country. Only a few of the most sensational terrorist attacks in Russia are known in the world, but in fact there have been thousands of them in fifteen years. You're right, Putin is a vivid example of the role of personality in history, he was able to stop the chaos in the country. And now he's trying to stop the chaos in the World. That's why the West hates Putin, the West has lost the opportunity to plunder Russia and is now losing the opportunity to plunder the whole world. There are dark and light streaks in the history of each country. I wish you worthy leaders who would take care of the people and the country and prosperity of wonderful Brazil...

[@user-cd9hi9dw8l]

@@Tonik-13 thank you for the good wishes to Brazil! and I wish a good future of cooperation between our countries. in fact the west tried to destroy Russia after the end of the USSR, but this was not the first time, since the great northern war Russia has resisted bravely in the face of the threats made to them, which is another point of my admiration for the country. while in Brazil certain agencies that have foreign support try to denigrate the image of Russia and even Brazil itself, miserably Brazil has been living in this condition of self-destruction since the fall of the Berlin Wall when the West thought it could expand without worry, but there was a Putin in its way. This text will probably be a little confusing, since in English it is not possible to express myself in the same way as in Portuguese haahahahha

[@ErickeTR]

Thank you. To give you some context, to me, it's as if our country is being administrated by Yeltsin for the last 40 years or so. Our political elite is totally liberal and US-pandering. Protectionism is nowhere to be seen. Our politicians and foreign NGOs have deep ties with the drug dealers. So unless a nationalist leader takes charge, nothing will change.

[@LucasSouza-kw1wl]

Thank you my Russian Friend.

[@f9658]

I have a Brazilian friend who used to be a GOE operative; it's similar to CORE and BOPE. Their group has disbanded and rebranded, but he's told me about a bunch of missions they were doing back in the early 2000s. Since his group rebranded, he became a successful businessman and still is to this day.

[@RT-qd8yl]

Just curious, did he start a private security/contractor service?

[@Gcs_Gold]

@@RT-qd8yl dude,police in brazil doesnt even pay that much unless your like a very very high rank

[@Sergio_Paulo]

My uncle served in CORE, retired after being shot a few times in an assassination attempt at the week I was born, the stories he carries would probably make an Iraq veteran feel like that war was just a summer camp.

[@POLARTTYRTM]

My father was a CORE agent and had been to many operations in his career, including being part of an elite armed helicopter intervention crew, saw him on the TV and in paper journals many times back in the day. I've been to their HQ many times when I was a kid with him and it was super cool. Thank you for praising so much this precious battalion of Brazil in their very difficult and complex struggle, as BOPE most of the time is the most talked about and gets the spotlight. RIP Dad, I miss you.

[@Henry_the_Eighth_]

Wait, did you lose him in the line of duty?

[@Toxic_Man_]

😥

[@POLARTTYRTM]

​@@Henry_the_Eighth_ Yes, but when he passed, he was not at CORE anymore, but he was still part of the Civil Police as an investigator. He got hit by a bus at high speed at night in Avenida Brasil - RJ while supposedly chasing someone, as you can guess, as always, these mfs always escape unscaved somehow while the people chasing them often don't have the same luck. As we often say in Brazil "bicho ruim não morre".

[@miguelmnza1242]

​@@POLARTTYRTMmay your dutiful father rest in paradise. Much respect for those who give their lives for something they believe in most espcially for their beloved Homelands. ❤❤

[@JM-ct9mx]

Here is another loser desperate for likes making up stories on youtube. Did you comment on the video of the end of the battle for Bakhmut that you were a ukr soldier? Or a retired intel officer?

[@urbanplanner7200]

It's great that a one man KZbin channel can make better documentary content than cable TV networks ever did.

[@larsviktorfreirewakenhut6930]

Absolutly true 100%

[@oceanhome2023]

Mega upvotes !!!

[@quartermaster1976]

Sad they're so PC they can't function properly.

[@urbanplanner7200]

@@quartermaster1976 this is better than content History Channel was making 20 years ago.

[@historynetwork852]

im brazilian and brazil is a majority european country more than usa im blonde and white as a american if you press the brazil flag

[@JoseDavid-1081]

Essa foi a melhor analise sobre o crime organizado do Rio de Janeiro que eu ja vi

[@cezofc]

Quando o assunto vai pra fora é porque o negócio tá feio mesmo.

[@galerinha]

Espero q o mundo todo conheça a vergonha que é o Rio. Quem sabe o Brasil toma alguma atitude de vez

[@H3nry2077]

I once met a BOPE operator with a custom AK, which was quite a surprise since I mostly see them with the M4 platform or sometimes the FAL (I have friends in BOPE). I went to speak to him and when I asked him why he had the AK he told me that sometimes apprehended weapons can be "converted" to be used by the force, in that case it was an AKM of a criminal he apprehended himself. As was mentioned in the video, the government claims not to have the budget to support the military police (but they have enough to travel with friends and families all over the world in the most expensive hotels while indulging in the most expensive dinners they possibly can, not to mention how much money they simply take for themselves). Its shameful that the people risking their lives to stop drug use and crime are forgotten about unless it is to protest against them in a false premise. My country is in a truly sad state, and I hope for it to improve, however, I do not believe it will be in my lifetime. Great video!

[@DerpinoCatalao]

When I lived in Rio my home was in a northern suburb (once a quiet neighborhood, turned into a crime-ridden shithole in a few years). During this escalation of crime there were countless UPP (former "pacifying" police units in favelas which in fact just made things worse) and even BOPE operations in the favela nearby with little to no results, but then some stuff changed when the criminals shot dead a CORE member off duty. They hadn't even mourned the dead yet in the day after CORE made a full revenge operation there, resulting in 6 criminals dead, a few more wounded and lots of captured guns. Few months later the former favela boss was also killed in a similar GIT operation (supported by CORE). Even though I don't live in the city anymore, since that day I learnt that CORE is one of a few institutions in Brazil you can't fuck with and got a mad respect for them.

[@historylegends]

Do not mess with CORE lol

[@DawahTube333]

Nice!

[@Shadow66090]

Good job CORE.

[@cinnamonstar808]

WHO gave CORE the right to go into the Favelas. The favelas were hand built by people who the government failed to plan for or did not give land too. BRAZIL IS A MASSIVE COUNTRY with unlimited land. = if you want civility you need to plan it or create it ---------------every land that ended slavery gave those people and to live on. ..except BRAZIL. Favelas are a direct failure of government. poverty is politics not nature

[@ObjectiveMedia]

All of them operate like gangs/a law unto themselves. And “the right” are very eager to give them this power because they have been infiltrating police and military units in Europe and US since the 1980’s. It’s part of their top secret “final solution” plan 😂

[@alexandervolgzangief6759]

I'm brazilian and I can tell you with confidence that Brazil is at war with many forces (even though 99% of brazilians aren't even aware of this), one of them being NGOs related to several key subjects, like environment and public security.

[@cinnamonstar808]

why do Favelas exist WHEN BRAZIL have unlimited land? There is something wicked in the spirits of those who govern Brazil.

[@Argentvs]

Same here in Argentina. Exactly the same, it didn't existz but each day is closer to that. We even import Colombians, Brazilians, Peruvians and Mexicans narcos and sicarios, scary shit.

[@alexandervolgzangief6759]

@@Argentvs heard about "Andinia Plan" and now Milei rose up to power, who probably is a zionist puppet. Here in Brazil, all the signs leading to my country losing sovereignty over the Amazon Forest. Ibero-America is the weak link in the Global South.

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

@@cinnamonstar808Because people don’t want to leave the favelas. They don’t have to pay any property taxes, electricity or water and the live close to rich neighbourhoods. Plenty of housing has been built for them.

[@ericquiabazza2608]

Whatch out for any including "freedom" or *democracy* in its name, this are known to be CIA spy ops to facilitate crimes ajd organize cues. If you see anprotest with LOTS of english sign in a Non english country is also a BIG red flag.

[@xfyller]

Excellent video. I'm from Rio de Janeiro and we see this daily. You said everything that NOBODY has the courage to say here in Brazil. Congratulations!

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

Everyone keeps saying almost everything here, the only thing new here is how the Army goes back to the gangs

[@xxxcorinthians2012]

​@@franciscoguinledebarros4429né kkk, todo mundo fala sobre isso

[@emmerson6903]

we said "come to brazil" and you really came here lol i am from Brazil and i want to thank you for show the reality of Rio de Janeiro to the world. greetings from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

[@sidoso9810]

ah yeah, latin america, the place were criminals have more rights than law forces

[@sgramstrup]

The place US have destabilized for 100 years - all to place their neo-liberal buddies in top and exploit the Brazillian people. The Criminals are the Capitalist elite - always were..

[@JoaoSena-bz5wc]

Yes, because the clubs in Hibiza and the United States rely on cocaine

[@davem3575]

pumped full of guns and heavy weapons by the US. Lets look at the full ugly picture.

[@thegoondockswarcouncil9543]

The US isn’t making those AKs and FALs that seem to be so ubiquitous in the images we saw.

[@Ziegfried82]

@@thegoondockswarcouncil9543 they love to blame the USA for their own problems. The truth is Brazil is a mess due to it's extreme corruption, the USA is beginning to look like Brazil though as the immigrants continue to pour in.

[@willworkforfood7028]

3:40 "BOPE was portrayed in Tropa De Elite" I remember that movie was absolutely nuts, the sequel was even crazier. "95% of what was depicted is accurate" Oh no.

[@fikarrusdiawan9562]

Even crazier, the situation is actually getting worse...

[@ralphwiggam7630]

I lived in the favelas of Sao Paulo for two years as a missionary for my church ... when I watched "Tropa de Elite" for the first time, I couldn't finish it. I had a bad panic / anxiety attack so bad I had to finish it weeks later :( ... yes ... the film is very accurate :(

[@claudiorobledo6025]

And the sequel is even more accurate.

[@larry-333]

The first time I even knew about BOPE, is rainbow 6 siege. Can anyone relate?

[@Ramondenner1991]

The movie sequel is basically a foreshadowing of bolsonaro’s election kkkkkkk

[@87mrreynolds]

In my opinion after many years of studying different sf groups the Brazilian guys are the best of the best I know many different countries have had training from them due to their experience in close combat situations.I have massive amount of respect for these warriors 🙏

[@JuanPerez-yx7gj]

Incredible video, same thing happens in Mexico with the current “no intervention” government, sadly i see the same thing starting to happen in spanish soil. I lived 19 years in Mexico and now im a former Spanish Marine, i see daily how the national police is trained to address illegal inmigrants who commit crimes using the same tactics but not as strong

[@TheEVEInspiration]

I can only imagine why the government does not fund these heroes well. Corruption, rot at the top.

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

Also a shitton of red tape. But this kind of thing seems normal everywhere, if you ever watched Generation Kill you will remember that episode where they weren't supplied with gun oil and the 50cal turret kept jamming up, and those guys were elite US marines.

[@fredvictor752]

Ideology and agendas. For Workers Party, the "good" police is some kind of Gestapo militia.

[@tigerburn81]

They needed that money to spend on all of those Olympic stadiums and infrastructure that now lay completely derelict and crumbling.

[@Pedrogog]

@@fredvictor752 mentiroso.

[@OUTSiiiD3R]

Left-wing parties

[@flannn6]

As a Brazilian, thanks for the content. You were spot on on everything.

[@LucianoRMRibeiro]

Awesome video. Thanks from Brazil!

[@Hitned01]

Very well put together video man. It gives you something to think about whenever you realize the army has taken over the favelas multiple times and yet the problem still persists. I live in 🇧🇷 and it's insane to think Rio is part of the same country i live in, from everything i see it looks like a dystopian version of the rest of the country even though other regions can also be quite dangerous. I don't plan on ever visiting that place, good luck to whoever does it and to the people who live there. Hope the spec ops get the appraisal they deserve and that things get better in the future.

[@MonsieurDean]

The reach of organized crime across Latin America is mind boggling.

[@cinnamonstar808]

is there a difference with government? SERIOUS QUESTION? organized is organized. cocaine is not illegal .. you just need a license to sell it. Drugs arent illegal; its illegal to sell it without proper paperwork. Marijuana is legal here and not legal here. Modern laws are not the 10 commandments its random base on whomever opinion 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓎 ................ who is the criminal and who is the one that governs? Soldiers come in or out of uniforms. You should not get pin-down by nouns. action is key its the action where you will find the 'bad characters"

[@barbsaw7002]

and is coming to US with population from those countries .....

[@patriotenfield3276]

Legendado is here

[@KurianfromIndia]

​@@barbsaw7002 When u realise this was all caused by Americans and their communist paranoia.

[@ericquiabazza2608]

Is not when you realise this has been train and control by US eince the 50' begining with guatemala, in the 70' condor hapened, by mid 80' OFICIALLY stop suplying them but you bet the CIA keep operation around here And not forget the "war against drug" that was truly to keep the drug distribution on lock, both ilegal and legal, big pharma cant have local coca planter take away their buisnes and suply after all.

[@luisconde2723]

Dude you speak very well portuguese i never thought you knew our language this well., thank you and respect.

[@Nikonatty]

Ele é brasileiro

[@murilofurlan3479]

@@NikonattyNão é não, ele mora em Montreal e se eu n me engano me falaram que ele é de ancestralidade Sérvia.

[@dankster7993]

​@@Nikonattyhe's french canadian with serbian ancestry

[@porfiriodev]

French is a latin language. It's not that far off

[@darlanjunio5243]

As a Brazillian im here to tell you that this is 101% accurate! Our president is shielding all the criminals with human rights! This is a perfect explanaition of Brazil Favelas war!

[@Dudutxsuio]

Show to the world the statistics of difference between left wing and right wing government inside favelas... And don't lie about it. With right wing gov: more militias. with left wing: ... Nothing changes. Crazy brainwashed people that don't understand the crime is against the system, and militia is for those against the system too, using the voids of the system that no politic wing can fix. The system failed, if you still pointing fingers in 2024: you're also brainwashed.

[@kazRivers2]

How about u give those young black & mixed-race men jobs? Most of those people are poor men growing up In poverty without opportunities. It's an ongoing genocide of black men in Rio and Brazil.

[@kazRivers2]

I'm not defending criminals, but Brazil is a racist , corrupted , segregated society. I was in Rio last year go to the Favelas and see the people Living there, & go to the south zone and see who's living there. No opportunities other than soccer, and singers/music for young black/mixed race men.

[@kazRivers2]

“Shielding” so they should continue the on going genocide of young black mixed race men?

[@amaltex_77]

Supera seu gado 🤫

[@MrHirschkeule]

Outstanding report! Thank you!

[@Absolve1455]

"These people are literally handing over their money to the people making their life miserable" That's the perfect definition of paying taxes.

[@kazRivers2]

Lol lies the favelas is one of the safest areas in Rio. If u steal or rape u will be punished in those favelas they have their laws; u have never traveled to RIO. Most of those men who are dying are black and mixed-race men. How about the racist corrupted government/society provide jobs & a future for them?

[@brunoseminotti5230]

Depends on the country, but definetly the case in brazil. Its sad we really dont have a choice.

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@brunoseminotti5230 Taxation is theft. I didn't agree to any social contract, I was forced into it. So it's not even a contract. Last I checked, *both* parties have to agree to a contract!

[@brunoseminotti5230]

@@RT-qd8ylthen buy a boat and go live in the sea. Im sorry to inform you but life has never been easy to any living being on this planet. Do you think the gazelles signed a social contract to serve as food for the lions so they would keep the ecosystem in equilibrium and be able to continue their species? Humanity has always needed to agree to some type of contract to stay alive, and dislike it as you may, I guarantee you the social contract of nation states you live under currently is way better than being raped and murdered by rival wild tribes of humans roaming the north African plains, or whatever your pre-society fantasies entail. Im sorry you don’t get a choice, but understand no human ever did, so stop complaining and realize that you were born in the era with the best human living conditions imaginable. All the modern amenities you contend with and couldn’t possibly live without are products of the so called social contract in one way or another, and without it humanity is no better than waring tribes of great apes.

[@screwlessartur]

​​@@brunoseminotti5230 No, it doesn't depend on anything. Taxation is theft. And the people extorting you certainly don't have your best interests at heart. Imposto é roubo!

[@renanfilipedetoni6990]

I'm a Brazillian, and this documentary is amazing, it is rare to see foreigners interested in the internal issues of the Brazillian civil war, thank you! And congratulations on the courage to do this. Also, congratulations on the excellent Portuguese.

[@patriotenfield3276]

Brazil is not facing a civil war but war against powerful criminal organizations supported by Govt factions itself. Plus this is tame and contained ( not by brutality tho ) compared to 1936 war and previous federation level civil wars which were widespread .

[@samueldeoliveira7113]

Brazilian Civil War? I have a hard time even believing you... Things are as always they have been

[@tufab3494]

Brazilian civil war!??? Omg 🤦

[@1DrBar]

I was in Brazil in 77 and there was nothing like what this documentary shows is there today. I got lost late at night and never felt like I was in any danger, more than perhaps getting pick pocketed. Brazil was mind blowing in mostly good ways - the people were so different than up tight N. Americans. The next year I was in Lima Peru, and it was a trip to see soldiers all over the place. That place had such bad vibes that my Father decided on a different project so we only stayed a month.

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

@@patriotenfield3276 This, these criminal organizations are backed up by the higher echelons of our government. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to bring all these drugs and weapons from so far away. Hell, our president have very amicable relations with Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations.

[@theayeguy5226]

Excellent and very informative coverage. Thanks for making this video!

[@soicyboi9880]

I love your channel from France ! you are doing a incredible job, thank you very much !

[@BabylonPatrol]

what's not pointed out here is that most of downtown Rio favelas had a long stretch of calm after 2011, when the cops established posts directly in the favelas, walked around and interacted with the community. many people also felt that the plentiful evangelical churches did a good job in stopping the drinking and thus stabilizing families. that period showed how relatively easy it can be to pacify these places with a little bit of outreach to the people who live there. contrary to popular perception, most people in the favelas have normal day jobs that the city depends on... in fact, that's how they got there. it's not really their fault that they were sold bad land titles. it's the fault of the corrupt Brazilian oligarch class that they haven't managed to provide normal infrastructure services to their population.

[@sighsgkj]

True that......Police ultimately can only deal with crimes after sh!t happened - taxpayers need a more permanent solution

[@xconnorgrillox]

Yeah Alex is on that call everything woke kick. Realistically the cops that support the government are the real criminals.

[@bojanbokagnjatovic9609]

Who have better man's? BOPE or CORE? Are they related??I am asking your's opinion cos you sad you live there.

[@sakuraa2008]

it kind of depends on the situation, core is like the narcotics and the bope is like the swat team@@bojanbokagnjatovic9609

[@legionxviii4337]

Dude, it’s the “aspiring rappers” that are the problem. Just say it.

[@OverNine9ousend]

Wait, what? You straight up went into Favelas? Dude even Brazilians don't dare to get near them. Absolute Legend or an absolute madman. You are one of those 2! Madman!

[@Veldtian1]

A legend of historic proportions maybe even?

[@OverNine9ousend]

A HistoryLegend???? :)

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

The favela thing is greatly exaggerated, I was an uber driver for years and went into tons of favelas around Rio, never had any problems. You have to be extremely stupid to get into trouble into these places, as long as you behave like one of the locals nothing will happen.

[@cedricdellafaille1361]

You were an uber driver and the favellas people won't attack other people from the favellas because they know they don't have any money or wealth. I've had a few friends in Rio and they all said favellas is extremely dangerous. In fact I never went to the favellas for the 2 weeks I was there. Yet at night on the main street where there is enough street lights of Rio de Janeiro I was almost killed by a gang. I didn't come to the gang, in fact I tried to avoid them as much as possible.

[@asscheeks3212]

One other youtuber who brand themselves as Adventurers and globe trotters also went there, I think the gangs would not harm you if you know you have money and say the right things

[@zeusconquers]

this video was too good. I always love your content but this one takes the cake. great job, as always.

[@timothy1949]

I learnt about the Favelas from the 2007 Elite Squad "Tropa de Elite", great movie, highly recommended. it talks about the elite police unit BOPE battling against durg lords in the favelas and also corruption. its amazing that you actually went there. and i honestly dont know how can brazil over come this problem... historylegends is one of the greatest military channel on youtube, but due to the fact that it is an unbiased channel, it receives less love than it deserves. but its the quality, not the quantity.

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

Well, since we're talking about Tropa de Elite, it usually follows a question In your opinion, is Cpt Nascimento a good guy in the story?

[@dasarvy]

The government doesn't like competition. I see no difference between the government and mafia. Someone said "mafia is like a government, except it works"

[@StankoAx]

My man History L. speaks French and Portugese as well. Impressive!

[@robcharteris1756]

Terrible German though. Arrrrggghh.

[@jackjames7283]

​@@robcharteris1756 people can only learn so much.

[@leokim1458]

He says in another video - can't remember which - he grew up speaking french. Which explains the accent. It was pretty nice of him to try portuguese though.

[@StankoAx]

Yeah, I remember him mentioning that English is not his mother tongue. @@leokim1458

[@KalamityStorm]

He's Québécois so of course he's speaking French.

[@belettedelamort3588]

Very, Very good video. Thank you very much!

[@Vaterunser904]

Thank you for this video

[@OldJDotjdotjdot]

Gotta love Alex casually speaking Portuguese to a battalion commander

[@marcelocfig]

Congratulations on your almost perfect Portuguese pronunciation. I live in Rio de Janeiro, and every word you said was accurate. I appreciate your videos much more now that I saw you talking about a subject that I know well. Great job, man!

[@ralphwiggam7630]

Mas ele esta aprendendo o sotaque Carioca ... que coisa feia rsrsrs :P

[@CDiefenbach]

Wow man... You are amazing. Great work ❤

[@pietskiet42-_]

Outstanding work !

[@victorManoel11]

It's really cool to see a video like this, as a Brazilian the situation is sad and the definition "it's complicated" sums up Brazil. We live in a war behind the beaches.

[@duka6915]

It’s not that complicated, just nobody wants to solve this problem, after all 50k deaths/year seems not to bother anyone. Probably the IQ decline has to do with that.

[@ralphwiggam7630]

Pelos Cariocas e assim ... mas o Sampa nem tem praia ... guerra sim rsrsrs, mas praia nao 😅

[@historynetwork852]

im brazilian and want to say i'm the justin beiber of y0utube justin beiber became a singer thanks to youtube but i im the justin beiber of proving. brazil is a european majority country brazil is majority european and minority afro american will smith and native american george lopez most brazilians look like m. e im white and l00k like trump you d0nt se e my face but if you clic the brazil flag then you will see m e its all the pr00ff is there vi. d. e. 0. s of protest of brazil and armies of brazil from the south and center where are the end most of the soldiers of brazil was european

[@historynetwork852]

im brazilian and brazil is a majority european country more than usa im blonde and white as a american if you press the brazil flag

[@alejandrodominguez706]

@@historynetwork852 i press on the brazil flag and seen protest of southern brazil and looks like nothern europe but i see protest of nothern brazil to southeast and looks like protest of southern europe i seen cities way worse than brazil in usa you have cities of usa that look like ghettos like hoods of los angeles and hoods of skidd row and hoods of miami and hoods of detroit ghettos of the blm group of blm

[@warok11]

Brazil is curently the good exemple of what will be any major city in Europe within 10 years...

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

10 years? I live in Rio and I see so many similarities already in California, parts of Canada and Europe. In 10 years things will probably be worse than Rio is today.

[@warok11]

Yes, very true, but we don't see (yet?) special forces style of interventions in some districts and suburbs in Europe@@LucasCunhaRocha

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

@@warok11 but you do see the "no go zones" in France and Sweden which are exactly like here in Rio.

[@KurianfromIndia]

​@@warok11 London is exactly like Rio the only thing holding it is infrastructure.

[@morwickchesterham3875]

@@KurianfromIndia It is only a matter of time before the infrastructure needs maintaining, and service personnel will refuse to go into those areas...

[@caodeguerra]

Liked a lot this video and your visit to Brazil.

[@moxtr]

Excellent in depth video.

[@christianmartindale7373]

Thanks!

[@sddsds768]

"meurtrière" is the French word used to describe an arrowslit in a medieval castle but indeed the litteral translation in English is bloody one or a (female) murderer

[@patmcgroin6916]

I believe in that context "murder hole" is the best English translation, was the term used in medieval castle terminology.

[@RPGryphus]

@@patmcgroin6916 Yeah because "bloody one" is definitely not the literal translation of meurtrière lol The lit. translation is "murderer" while the proper translation is "arrow slit". I like the "murder hole" too as it translate the essence of the french word whereas arrow slit simply reveal how/what they are use for. The french word wants to convey that these holes are used to kill people, to murder them (not in the legal sense, just the practical sense).

[@vampiroblogueirinho]

Nice work, it not everyday that content so detailed about the context of the secuity situation in Brazil is made.

[@Reiwon]

very interesting and informative video as always!

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

These people are a prime example of why stereotypes still exist.

[@Bloxxer0908]

as a Brazilian, your right :(

[@user-gq3rn2cb6u]

​@@Bloxxer0908é triste

[@elefantemorangoeljustino1866]

Like the other guy said previously, as a Brazilian, I do also agree with you.

[@-f-r-]

My friend as much as this is partially true, the problem is much deeper. Our governments (largely WHITE or mixed men and women) and our judiciary (similar demographics) are actively supporting criminals and knee capping the police forces and investigations. The socialist parties are more involved in brainwashing youth than providing quality education and opening up economic opportunities so that the largely mixed and black skewed poor have opportunies outside crime. BY THE WAY do not get me wrong - MOST people in Brazil regardless of race or creed are hardworking, law abiding citizens who have to suffer these disgusting conditions under uncontrolled criminality.

[@Victor_The_Librarian]

@@-f-r- indeed, the current president is a Proud defender of criminals, and he's white as a ghost, my black neighbour in the other hand is all for capital punishment for robbers and drug lords.

[@redpillscholar560]

I must say, your Portuguese is outstanding!!! Obrigado!!!

[@dionatanantonio7107]

Ótimo trabalho cara parabéns

[@linuxubuntu7549]

Now, that's a great video. Respect, from Brazil.

[@absurdumable]

Amazing. That's very high quality content. But that's exactly why follow this guy. Many people do not realize how dangerous such a trip to this den really is.

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

That was a really nicely researched and informative video I can't imagine what the mental health of these guy might be not only are they fighting against violent outlaws inside of an environment that literally has no limit of Hazards they also have to deal with a corrupt and uncaring government AND a literal information war of slander against their duty on top of that The fact that they are all still fully willing to continue this fight and even find part time jobs simply to fund themselves means they are not doing thiw for the money or the government they are doing it for their homes and city (and thus the people too) that's a determination that legit feels unreal to see in real life these men have my outmost respect

[@user-uc1oy3zk4t]

Cops have a free pass to collect taxes for themselves since colonial times. The urban legend says that as a carioca cop one dies early but gets to make 5 families on average with several wifes and a license to kill.

[@DaniloCacavo]

Perfect video!

[@falcon14blessedisthemindto94]

Thank you very much!

[@Qadir-24]

At this point Alex must just make his own Reality TV series or his own documentary.

[@borko138]

Props to the CORE guys. Great video as always.

[@sgramstrup]

Violent bastards..

[@canelop4p181]

I love this channel. Quality content as usual✌

[@ghfranc0]

thanks for clarifying our situation!!

[@hierax49]

Journalists (just another name for "activist" at this point) are the bane of our existance.

[@emmano6340]

Indeed.

[@trickedouttech321]

Well said! this goes for the U.S.A. as well. Journalists i.e. political activists.

[@birdyflying4240]

When a city is already grown into a big favela for 50+ years it is hard to solve the root cause of (politcal) corruption, not enforcing law about illegal buidling on hills and rural area that transforms into large un controlable favela's. Absence of good eduction for kids and trainig and jobs for adults. It became a multi facet problem and CORE or any militairy or policial action can not change it, only repress at a certain level. I have respect for all the hard and dangerous work from policial forces but this need to be resolved on governmental level with drastic change of managment of city's in Brazil and eduction of level for everybody. Without that we will have favela's for 100 years more...

[@franciscocoracirdesousavie1693]

The president of Brazil is a thief who has already been arrested and has already been convicted three times; He was elected with the support of drug trafficking.

[@-f-r-]

The powers that be do not solve it because they are 90% conniving and PART of it. The ruling party along with Lula (who is a criminal himself and has been convicted and sent to jail only to be released on te technicalities - oh his criminal process is STILL underway, he has not escaped his charges) have connections to criminal factions.

[@pliniocarvalho6288]

I completely agree that favela situations deserve attention, education too, inequality too, this does not mean that we should not repress crime, one thing does not exclude the other. Fighting inequality is as important as fighting crime. The government should also create a policy to put an end to favelas, something increasingly difficult, with the left increasingly romanticizing the favela, and yes the name is favela, calling it a community is turning a blind eye to what it really is and to the problems that live there.

[@The_Ballo]

Oh yeah, I'm sure government bureaucrats have all the solutions 🙄

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

Problem with Rio is that is a colonial city that is 450+ years old, but it was never modernized or organized as a modern city, it just kept expanding without any planning at all. It is just like my cities in Sim city where I just start zoning like crazy and then get pissed off that there are traffic jams everywhere.

[@DarkSamaritan]

Your content is always top notch.

[@iniciantenoIGP]

real nice video, gratz!

[@vitorpeck4458]

I'm a Brazilian and I grew up close to the Complexo do Alemão. You can't imagine things I witnessed during my childhood and teenage years. And things are getting more and more complicated. For example: in many neighborhoods that are not favelas, but are nearby, the criminals are forbidding internet and cable tv providers to work, because they have their own providers (I'm not kidding, this is real). They are forcing law-abiding citizens to sign up for their services, otherwise they can't have internet access in their homes. They are diversifying their income and becoming even more powerful. In some places Uber and taxis cannot transit because they do not allow any vehicle that it's not the moto-taxis they control to ride around. At the same time our Supreme Court is working against police raids, the entire judiciary is permissive with many loopholes created to let go convicted criminals. People just don't stay in jail here. Anyway, thank you for this video. the world should see what ideology is doing to us and what can happen if the State allow criminality to progress without repercussions. (It's long, but I hope you read it)

[@ralphwiggam7630]

Obrigado pelo comentario amigo. You're English is very good btw. 👍

[@salvadordavi2814]

ORA UMA MAFIA SUBSTITUINDO OUTRA HAHAHAHA

[@user-rr1tm5hh6f]

Этот молодой человек лучшее что было в ютубе за последнее время😊✊️

[@diegowormsbecker7151]

Imo (as a brasilian although not from rio) you made a fantastic content, very rich in information, that explains to english-speaker the criminal situation of Rio. It's dificult to find a video like that even in portuguese. All my respect and recognition for the effort in producing this video.

[@user-tc2gh1nk6d]

Great video !

[@Fuinhas]

Great video man. All information on video is absolute accurate. Greetings from Brazil

[@franciscocoracirdesousavie1693]

The president of Brazil is a thief who has already been arrested and has already been convicted three times; He was elected with the support of drug trafficking.

[@tomb9420]

I was staying in são paulo for some time , but so many people told me to never go to Rio and other places in that region , but brazil is mostly a chill place and luckily I never saw anything go down in São paulo.

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

Never listen to people from São Paulo, they have huge envy of Rio.😂 São paulo is just as bad as Rio but without the beautiful women and beaches and sunny weather.

[@l.palacio9076]

São Paulo is very different from Rio. Most violence in São Paulo comes from the usual theft, armed robbery, some homicides, but no wars like in Rio. And the reason is that São Paulo is entirely dominated by a single criminal faction, the PCC, the biggest one in Brazil, so no factions wars + no militias. Meanwhile Rio is a battle royale. São Paulo is categorically not bad as Rio, still a violent place, but there are worse places like in the North and North-East part of the country

[@BrasilMapeando]

​@@LucasCunhaRocha Inveja por que?

[@martinez7936]

​@@BrasilMapeando por não há mulheres bonitas e gostosas, não há praias e litorais tão lindos como no Rio e principalmente, lá se come cachorro quente com purê de batata 😂😂😂

[@kell7195]

Wow what a unique experience, excellent insight.

[@tek5253]

incroyable ta vidéo, continue comme ça frero

[@baniexplores]

It’s a good day when HistoryLegends posts

[@atlanta_greg_7612]

always!

[@ishitrealbad3039]

this dude speak any language perfectly wtf

[@nickv.5748]

He's gifted ! 😅

[@LampadaLED]

His portuguese isn't perfect but it's very understandable

[@erickrodriguesbrito2302]

Nice job on the documentary.

[@mateuscostabrasil8538]

Congrats bro!, more videos talking about whats happening Brazil please!

[@pioneerspiritPS]

Excellent channel! You do more investigative journalism than the legacy media, thank you!

[@kansme]

Nice job with the accent and words, hope you have a nice trip in Brazil, thanks for bringing these problems to light.

[@PatrioticDude]

Very nice video well informed and very interesting, gained a new subscriber 👍🏼

[@gabriel_carvalho.]

Obrigado por fazer um video que não fale de nossos gloriosos policiais!! Ganhou mais um inscrito!!

[@luanfonseca5179]

19:36 u gotta remember brazil is a nation who has issued the FAL since the 1960s. the 7.62 round is common amongst criminals and cops not just for ballistic but for how proliphic it is

[@siegpasta]

True

[@1DrBar]

I was in Brazil in 1977 and walked around a whole bunch of "poor", actually shockingly poor neighborhoods. Twice went out on a long walk late at night and got lost once. Nothing buy polite people who helped out, despite my lousy Portuguese. But back then I didn't worry about walking around in Detroit , nor in Buffalo neither. But I guess politicians like to pretend that problems always existed so they don't look as incompetent as most are.

[@luanfonseca5179]

@@1DrBar idk how that relates to weapon quantity as i only said that the FAL is being produced here for a long time. but sure

[@veeli1106]

@@1DrBar…I thought the only dangerous thing about Buffalo was the lake-effect snowstorms and the disappointment of supporting the Bills and Sabres?!

[@aelvegard]

One of your best videos to date!

[@antonisantoniou6018]

Incredible analysis 👍🏻

[@sammearns428]

Wow, HL really levelled up with this one. well done.

[@pliniocarvalho6288]

I'm very happy to see this documentary. The situation in Brazil is critical, we are one of the most violent countries in the world and no one is doing anything about it. A part of the Brazilian population (leftists) believe that criminals are victims of society, politicians, artists and judges share this same disturbed view. This type of disturbed vision hinders the work of repression that should take place against crime in Brazil, I'll give you an example, there is something in Brazil called Christmas leave, it's a benefit they give to prisoners who have "good conduct", the What this benefit does in practice is the biggest legalized escape in the country, in the States of São Paulo alone more than 1500 criminals have not returned to prison and are on the run, in the state of Minas Gerais one of these criminals who was entitled to this benefit, gave a shot a police officer in the head, the police officer had a 5-month-old son, the criminal was arrested 14 times by the police and is always released by the judge, asshole, now, he killed a police officer, in a few days he will be on the streets again, that is sad. In addition to the ideological issue, a lot of people make a lot of money from the crime that happens in Brazil, judges, politicians, human rights activists, political parties, etc. What happens in Brazil is regrettable, that's why I say, Russia is right to use its criminals on the front line, if they need more I asked Brazil to send our criminals, I would be happy to see our prisoners killed in the field of battle in favor of Russia. Bunch of rubbish.

[@wesleymeer3173]

Interesting to see this. Didn't know it was such a chaos in the Brazil favelas. Great job.

[@clipesdefilmesdutra4225]

This type of war occurs more in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, the rest of Brazil has violence but in other forms In Rio de Janeiro and Bahia there is war between several factions, such as the so-called Comando Vermelho, TCP, ADA and Milícias, in the state of São Paulo there is only one faction called PCC that acts like a large mafia

[@I_duo]

Congratulations,young men.Very interesting video.🙂👍👍

[@eduardomesquita968]

There are 4 different powers controlling the city of Rio: Criminal factions (CV; ADA; TCP... but not the PCC, the most powerful in Brazil), Militias (formed by former corrupt police officers, control the economy and the territory of the favela as well as criminal factions), gambling lords (who use militiamen to commit crimes and homicides, very similar to the conventional mafia/mafia) and the State (represented by the Rio police, one of the most corrupt police forces in the country, which allowed the rise other parallel powers). For us, it is a boiling mix of factors that has no solution, just an ongoing civil war around paradise. It's always been like this, we're used to it...

[@ralphwiggam7630]

Bem amigo, voce e Carioca?

[@dknxohq]

I'm also from Brazil and I advise caution on this theme. This problem in Rio traces back to the early 80's at the military dictatorship, when political prisoners were locked along with "common" prisoners. Word is that the later learned organization and tactics from political prisoners (guerrillas). The Comando Vermelho (at time Falange Vermelha) started doing coordinated bank robberies to overload the police response capabilities, and thus finance prison breaks, forming a criminal brotherhood that later took control over the prisons. They later took control of the drug trade. The police brutality and extreme poverty was always a reality in the "favela" communities so there are no lack of people wanting to join, for money or for revenge, or both. Escalation on the violence off the response never did the job over the last 40 years, despite the many deaths, and its a lie that only bandits are hit. Even the former BOPE Rodrigo Pimentel and Andre Batista memories book Elite da Tropa testify that many children and other innocents die in the fire exchanges. There are this narrative within right wing politicians that the leftists are to blame because of the human rights claims, but the truth is that the problem lies elsewhere, since the cocaine and the weapons aren't made in the favelas. Of course the problem will not be solved by flowers and both the CORE and the BOPE policemen do a great job, but there are many rich and powerful people who profits from the situation and that are not touched by these kind of inefficient crime fighting strategies. Year after year the police make record busts, and no sign of effect on the crime economy. So, again, I advise caution on the subject because it's being used as political propaganda since a long time ago.

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

PERFECT commentary! Practically the only one here that is worth reading! The rest is BS...

[@dknxohq]

In Brazil we use the expression "secar gelo", drying ice, for a never ending and meaningless job, and that is what many policemen say they feel. There is the law system and there is the politicians who every election promise to fight the crime hard with this old BS you just repeated, but are deep in the pockets of organized crime.

[@ericquiabazza2608]

Underrated comment, by a LOT Seriously, this video could easily be flag as Core paid Propaganda. So over Bias it gives wiplash.

[@ingmar4ty]

and in the end of all that story mentioned rich and influential people hires left-wing journalists and politics to haunt police

[@l.palacio9076]

@@ericquiabazza2608 fds bandido bom é bandido morto

[@ramzyakz2256]

Great video

[@caralho5237]

These factions might not formally have a political ideology, but anyone who's paying attention to brazillian politics knows exactly who they want in power. President Lula's former security secretary Flavio Dino(who's now a supreme court minister under Lula's indication) has been seen entering Favela da Maré without security and just spending time there for whatever reason. Recently the wife of a famous narco leader has gone to Brasilia, using government money, to meet with "human rights activists". When Lula won, there was footage of prisons nationwide cheering for him. The reasoning is simple: The brazillian left believes(or at least claims to) that criminals are actually victims of society and must be met with love, care and education, resulting in very lax crime policies along with the demonization of the police, and criminals simply love that. We even have something called christmas pardon(indulto de natal), which the president uses to "forgive" and release criminals that have served either 1/3rd or 1/4th of their sentence, always on christmas. This results in a massive release of violent criminals into the streets every year, something which the previous president massively limited under his mandate. Most importantly, the people living inside these mini narcostates are "encouraged" to vote in certain candidates by the criminals running the place. I think you can guess where i'm going with this. The criminals vote left because they want the benefits and their hostages vote left because they're afraid. There's also the possibility of the PT(left wing party) using factions as their own Wagner group, but i won't get into details. Basically, the rabbithole runs much deeper.

[@Alex_FRD]

This third season of World War is looking very decentralized and all over the place.

[@Enzo_0425]

Thx for mentioning Brazil and letting others know the reality here, and you're portuguese is sooo good, it's incredible how u say the words with such a native accent haha

[@betepolitique4810]

Comme toujours, analyse impressionnante.

[@mastercooper743]

Muito obrigado! You did a super job by covering Brazil Main problems.