Olympics’ Rio do Janeiro faces a seven year battle to clean the city

Wednesday, October 21st 2009 - 10:31 UTC

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The death toll of a weekend shootout in Rio do Janeiro shanty towns between police forces and drug dealers climbed to 25 with the discovery of several bodies, --one of them in a supermarket cart--, and the death of a third police officer from a downed helicopter. Read full article

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Bubba
And by the way, who are selling the guns and ammo to the drug gangs? Can't blame it on the USA the way Mexico does..
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