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Shootout in Rio’s Favelas Between Drug Traffickers and Brazilian Police Leave 5 Dead

October 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

At least five suspected drug traffickers died Saturday in a shootout with police who were getting ready for this Sunday's occupation of two huge "favelas," or shantytowns, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro controlled by drug trafficking gangs, officials said. continue reading »