<span style="color: #222222;">In Brazil, about 300 troops have been sent to the city of Fortaleza to tackle a surge in criminal violence. Authorities said, soldiers will patrol the city and across the state of Ceará in a bid to halt attacks on shops, banks and buses.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The attacks are a protest against new, tougher measures in local prisons, largely controlled by criminal gangs. Prison authorities in the state have blocked mobile phone signals inside jails and ended a policy of separating inmates by gang affiliation.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The troop deployment comes just days after the inauguration of President Jair Bolsonaro, who was elected to office on the promise to fight rampant crime in the country.</span>