Known for his ‘zero’ tolerance for violence, Rudolph Giuliani has been asked to do consulting work for the city of Rio de Janeiro. The state’s governor, Sergio Cabral invited Giuliani to come to Rio this week to talk about how the former NY mayor could help prepare Rio de Janeiro to host the 2014 World Soccer Cup and 2016 Olympics games.
According to Cabral, Giuliani has accepted the ‘challenge’ of making Rio de Janeiro a safe place for these two world events, and will send a team of advisors down to Rio to work with the state’s public security office.
Looking at the latest occurrences in Rio, Cabral will need all the help he can get. Facing an uphill battle to end the war being waged between drug traffickers in Rio’s slums, city police yesterday found that drug lords are now using children and the elderly from these poorer communities to transport arms and drugs. A 15-year girl wearing a school uniform was arrested Thursday at a bus stop in one of Copacabana’s busiest streets carrying a rifle and 19 rounds of ammunition. She was being ‘escorted’ by two men believed to be part of a drug gang working out of a Copacabana slum.
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, violence
