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Civilian police today carry out more than 100 arrest warrants for fugitives for justice for crimes of violence against women in Rio de Janeiro
The Athena operation is being coordinated by the General Department of Police for Assistance to Women (DGPAM), of the Civil Police of Rio, in honor of the 14 years of the Maria da Penha Law.
The arrest warrants were issued by the courts based on police investigations concluded by police stations in the state of Rio de Janeiro. But they do not include fugitives within communities controlled by armed criminal groups, due to the restriction of operations in slums during the covid-19 pandemic, imposed by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
