"Latco" wrote in message news:...
> "> By the same token do you think Cariocas are living in constant fear
> > of being mugged or other violent crimes? Hardly.
> >
>
> Yes, Cariocas are in constant fear of being mugged or other violent crimes.
> I am carioca, although not living there, but have had and still have
> relatives there. Each has a story to tell of being mugged. So do their
> neighbours. Examples: my mother lost her marriage ring by being mugged on a
> bus; my father was also threatened and mugged and once saw a carjack of the
> car behind him in full daylight! My counsin was shot while driving into his
> house by thieves, although he survived; my grandmother had her purse
> snatched and knocked to the ground in daylight; my parents' neighbour's son
> was mugged walking home at a square nearby and left completely naked except
> for his underwear, as the mugger took his sneakers, jeans and t-shirt. He
> walked home in his underwear; the relative of someone the family knows was
> stopped while driving her car and they threw her and her child out of the
> car and stole it in full daylight! Should I continue, as there are more
> cases that we know. The woman who worked in the salon my mother used to
> frequent to do her nails and hair, was stopped at knife point while walking
> in daylight from work and the mugger wanted her wedding ring, as it was
> difficult to get it off her finger, he cut her finger off. All this is true,
> not fabrication. Multiply all these stories and ask any carioca about such
> things in his/her own life or of their family, and I assure you, they will
> have stories to tell.
Do continue. I love stories about human misery. Rio is not a safe
place to live after all. Maybe it is not even a safe place to visit.
I guess we were lucky to have bodily harm done to us while we were
there. |
