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Brazil Slum Crack Down Pictures

By James Wray Nov 30, 2010, 18:11 GMT

Members of the Brazilian Police present weapons and drugs seized in the slums of Rio de Janeiro last weekend. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November 2010. EPA/MARCELO SAYAO

Policemen arrest a man during an operation in the slum of Grota one day after army members and policemen took the shanty town of Complexo do Alemao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29 November 2010. Some soldiers that took part in the raid on the slum will stay six or seven months in the place. EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA JR

Two diverse cleaning up operations..... Two armed policemen pass by a local resident sweeping his dwelling as they patrol a street of the slum of Grota 29 November 2010, one day after army members and policemen took the shanty town of Complexo do Alemao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29 November 2010. Some of the soldiers that took the slum will stay six or seven months in the place as 'cleaning up' operations continue EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA JR

Policemen put marijuana in a helicopter after an operation in the Complexo do Alemao shanty town took by the Army and the Police without the armed resistance they expected. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 November 2010. EPA/Miguel Fernandes

Authorities participate in a joint operation with the police at El Aleman shanty town in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 November 2010. Reports state that some 35 people have been killed in clashes between drug gangs and Brazilian security forces during the past week, according to officials. EPA/Antonio Lacerda EPA/Antonio Lacerda

Authorities rise a Brazilian National flag at a high point during a joint operation against drug traffickers at El Aleman shanty town in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 November 2010. Reports state that some 35 people have been killed in clashes between drug gangs and Brazilian security forces during the past week, according to officials. EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA JR

A child gives water to a couple of soldiers of the Special Operations Battalion in the slum of Morro dos Macacos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November 2010. EPA/MARCELO SAYAO

Two soldiers of the Special Operations Battalion stand guard as a man works at the slum of Morro dos Macacos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November 2010. Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral presented a request to Brazilian Defence Minister in order to set up 2.000 soldiers in the group of slums that were took past weekend. EPA/MARCELO SAYAO

A soldier points his gun during a joint operation with the police at El Aleman shanty town in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 November 2010. Police and Army officers took control of the shanty town without the armed resistance they expected. EPA/Antonio Lacerda

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