Brazil: At least 29 Rio Grande do Norte cities, including Natal, are under narcos attack

An unprecedented string of assaults planned by the local drug cartel, Sindicato do Crime, includes shootings and fires that occur in succession. Between Monday and last night, the chaos began

Colleges and schools were halted yesterday. An unprecedented string of assaults planned by the local drug cartel, Familia do Norte, includes shootings and fires that occur in succession. Flávio Dino, justice minister, dispatched the National Force to combat the Sindicato do Crime, Crime Syndicate in English, a rival cartel of the First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil's biggest organized crime group.