Police Evict Squatters From Sao Paulo Hotel

Riot police used tear gas to evict hundreds of squatters who moved into a vacant hotel in Sao Paulo two weeks ago amid a wave of property invasions. Police stormed the hotel near the city’s center because some of the 200 to 300 squatters resisted leaving and set a small fire on the roof, said state police Col. Luiz Claudio Alves.

About 4,000 squatters remain camped out in a shantytown they built on a 50-acre lot owned by Volkswagen on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. And thousands more squatters are still occupying two vacant apartment buildings in the city.