Brazilian police kill "Fat Family", one of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted men

Brazilian police on Monday killed a drug trafficker, nicknamed "Fat Family", during an exchange of fire in Rio de Janeiro.

He was one of the most wanted men in Rio de Janeiro since he escaped from a hospital in which he was under custody, with one person being killed in the incident.

According to Rio de Janeiro's police, Nicolas Labre Pereira de Jesus, 28, known as "Fat Family" due to his weight, died along with two others in an operation in the municipality of Sao Goncalo.

Fat Family was the chief drug trafficker in the favela of Santo Amaro, in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro.

He was wounded while being apprehended by police in June. However, as he recovered in hospital under guard on June 19, at least 25 armed individuals burst in to rescue him. A patient was killed, while a nurse and a policeman were wounded.

Since then, the police has carried out various operations to rescue him, including putting up a reward for information leading to his arrest.

Fat Family was the brother of another drug lord, Marco Antonio Pereira Firmino da Silva, alias "My Thor", who is in jail after being found to be one of the leaders of Comando Vermelho (Red Command), the city's largest organized crime unit.(APD)