RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Early on Wednesday morning, 1,200 heavily armed police officers stormed the slum in the north of Rio de Janeiro, considered a stronghold of the Comando Vermelho criminal group, Rio's State Police said on Twitter.
"The Rio state government begins the recovery of territory in the community of Jacarezinho. Surrounding communities will also be occupied," the police stated in one of the messages, accompanied by photographs . . .
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