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Rio’s Murderous Militias Gain Territory and Sources of Revenue

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Far from the beaches and postcard views that have made Rio de Janeiro a tourist destination, there is a deepening malaise taking over the city’s outskirts and suburbs.

In the security vacuum left by a nearly bankrupt state, mafia-like organizations known as militias have taken over and exert their will and influence on denizens just out of the public’s eye.

Police acted on 22 warrants Thursday targeting militias as part of the investigation into the death of a political candidate in Rio suburb Duque de Caxias. According to authorities the murder of the . . .

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