Person: Jose Beltrame

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Crackdown on drug gangs intensifies in slums

RESIDENTS of Rio’s northern slums braced for more violence as hundreds of reinforcements joined a widening crackdown on drug gangs that has killed at least 30 people in six days.

Sat, 27 Nov, 2010

Brazil police killed 11,000 in 6 years, says rights group

POLICE in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, a report has claimed.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2009

Brazil police killings 'top 11,000'

Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, a report has claimed.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2009