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Anti-drug police raid in Brasilian favelas: bloodbath

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - Heavy clashes between security forces and drug traffickers

Fivehundred men, helicopters and armored cars invaded from the air and the ground yesterday two favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the one of Taquaral and the other of Korea, in a violent anti-crime operation to fight the narcotics traffickers. The account of the bloody operation is 12 dead, among which a 4-years-old girl. The Brasilian security forces are not new to such cruel operations, probably for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1080939
Rome, Italy, 10/19/2007 13:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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