"Operation could confront militias," says GloboNews columnist.

247 - The Integrated City program, a joint operation of the Military and Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro, launched this Wednesday (19) with the occupation of the Jacarezinho community, has as one of its central targets the actions of the militias and their sources of financing. 

I agree with the journalist Octavio GuedesAccording to G1, people residing in properties built by the militia will receive definitive property titles. "In other words, they will no longer need to pay fees to the paramilitaries," he says. He also adds, "The promise is that the same will be done with services currently dominated by the militia, so that they cease to be a monopoly of organized crime." 

Along these lines, the Rio de Janeiro state government plans to distribute gas vouchers so that residents can purchase gas from establishments not controlled by militias, and to encourage the regular installation of cable TV and internet services in the communities.

"The government's idea is to understand how the local economy works in communities dominated by drug trafficking or militias and to act to reduce the differences compared to the 'asphalt' (formal cities)," says the journalist.