>> I doubt that any countries figures are directly accurately comparable, for reasons varying from
>> deliberate state conspiracy, through corruption, inability, ineptitude to valid but varying criteria
>> and parameter choices.
And Brazil is a very big place run by incompetents.
A few years ago there was a break out of Sao Paulo prison through the subtle application of a JCB digger at full speed into one of the walls. Not only did they not have any idea who had escaped, they found quite a number that had not escaped that they didn't know they had imprisoned. Including one guy who should have been released 10 years beforehand but somehow wasn't.
So when they come up with "figures" you know it's a guess. There are parts of Brazil which are a very long way from a city and they have no idea what is occurring.
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