Six Dead as Brazilian Soldiers Swarm Rio Slums in Anti-Drug Assault

At least five civilians and one soldier died in shootouts in northern Rio de Janeiro on Monday, the army said, as thousands of Brazilian soldiers swept into slums in pursuit of drug gangs, trapping terrified residents in their homes. The army said the early-morning raids took place in the Alemao and Mare slums and the neighborhood of Penha, an area home to more than half a million people and some of Rio's most violent areas, which have been targeted in a divisive six-month federal...

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