Some 2,000 police were deployed on July 15 to ten favelas in Rio de Janeiro to crack down on conflict between narcos and militias, authorities said. Armored cars and officers wielding assault rifles fanned out from dawn in densely populated communities such as Cidade de Deus, made famous in the 2002 movie City of God,...

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