LAHT
Another favela police pacification in Rio...turned bloody.
This time it was in the Engenho da Rainha “favela”/slum.
A bitter gun battle there lasted for hours and left 8 suspects dead.
Police seized two rifles, 2 grenades, 3 pistols, ammunition and quantities of drugs.
Four "suspected" drug dealers died Monday during a police shootout in Rio's Gogo da Ema favela.
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