Crackdown on Rio crime
5:30 AM Sunday Nov 28, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink Soldiers and police fought with gangsters in the alleys of a sprawling shantytown, blocking the escape of drug traffickers in a confrontation that promised residents of Rio de Janiero a dangerous weekend. Brazilian authorities did not detail their plans yesterday, but it appeared security forces were preparing to invade the Alemao complex, a group of more than a dozen of Rio’s most menacing slums. About 800 soldiers began providing support on Friday for a police offensive in which the previous day officers took back control of a nearby slum where gangs had held sway for decades. Authorities began raids on slums after a surge of gang…
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