Is Sao Paulo a city where F1 should be racing?
CRIME in Sao Paulo has become a very serious issue in recent weeks and the murder of one of the mayors of one of the communes close to the city on Sunday has once again brought home to Brazilians just how dangerous the city has become since the autumn. Celso Augusto Daniel, the mayor of Santo Andre, was driving in the south of Sao Paulo when he was snatched by gunmen on Friday. The local governor later received a demand that a number of prisoners be released from Sao Paulo jails. Talks broke down and Daniel was later found riddled with bullets on a country road outside the city. The Brazilian government promised “vigorous action” and condemned “the degree of violence and arrogance of the assailants” and the local government offered a reward of $20,000 for information but this is not going to stop the kidnapping and killing which has swept the city in recent months. The terrifying statistics have been published recently revealing that kidnappings in the state increased four-fold in 2001
