Rio de Janeiro anti-drugs war

Policeman prepares to participate in an operation at Vila Cruzeiro slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 25, 2010. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro try to control a fourth day of violence apparently orchestrated by drug gang members who have attacked police stations and burned cars in Rio de Janeiro city as protest by traffickers after being forced from their turf by police occupations of more than a dozen slums in the past two years.<br />
(Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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Policeman prepares to participate in an operation at Vila Cruzeiro slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 25, 2010. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro try to control a fourth day of violence apparently orchestrated by drug gang members who have attacked police stations and burned cars in Rio de Janeiro city as protest by traffickers after being forced from their turf by police occupations of more than a dozen slums in the past two years.
(Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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