Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-06-20 12:29
Photographers and cameramen from The Associated Press on the scene have seen hundreds of police officers and troops invading the Mangueira shantytown, backed by helicopters and several armored vehicles.
Rio state public security director Jose Beltrame said in a televised news conference that police have taken control of the slum without exchange of gunfire.
Seventeen other shantytowns have already been pacified by security forces taking over the city’s poor communities.
Maracana will host the World Cup final and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
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