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24 October 2009

Gangs Still Control Rio's Slums.

AP Via MIAMI HERALD/
There are 2 million slum dwellers in Rio and they say that defeating the criminals is almost impossible.
"The police are playing a game they have already lost," said vegetable seller Roberto Lima. "They have to make their efforts, we understand. But they are working outside the reality that they don't control this place."
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