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11 July 2009

Rio Police Take Over Two Slums...Peacefully.

From The Latin American Herald Tribune.

The favelas(slums)of Babilonia and Chapeu Mangueira were recently occupied- peacefully- by Rio police.

The drug dealers fled when they heard 100 police would be stationed there.
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