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Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais
São Paulo police tactical unit
The Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (Portuguese for Special Tactical Actions Group), mostly known by its acronym GATE, is a hostage rescue, bomb disposal and Counter-terrorism unit of the Military Police of São Paulo State in Brazil. It is made up of the 4th, 5th and 6th Companies of the 4th Shock Police Battalion. its operators are tier 1 of PMESP. GATE is the special operations unit most active in hostage rescue in the world.
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