– We need to put terrorists in places where society is completely liberated from them, ” said Witzel, in a speech to police in Rio de Janeiro.

The new governor, who took office after the end of the year, has previously come up with controversial statements, that the police snipers could shoot the armed criminals, even if they do not pose a direct threat to anyone.

Guantanamo is a criticized the us prison camp in Cuba, where terrorist suspects from the U.S.’s so-called war on terror is kept locked.