Real-life “Buffalo Soldiers” — military police mounted on gigantic water buffalo — routinely ... Marajo, an island the size of Switzerland off Brazil’s northern coast, has some 450,000 ...

Brazil’s military police already have a reputation ... now you can always get there by buffalo,” said Sgt. Ronaldo Souza. While water buffaloes roam parts of South America, they are native ...

SOURE, Brazil — Brazil ... island during the rainy season, police say. “There are places here you can’t reach by motorbike or even boat, but buffalo, now you can always get there by ...

Once his Asian water buffalo has relieved ... buffalo-mounted police squad. They use the animals out on patrol. We are on the Amazon River island of Marajo, northern Brazil. It’s a two-hour ...