RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police searched homes and secured the perimeter of a Rio de Janeiro shantytown Friday that has long been a stronghold for drug gangs and a symbol of their ability to rule vast areas of the seaside city with impunity.
About 80 federal police officers joined state police in door-to-door searches in the Vila Cruzeiro slum as 800 military troops, trained in surrounding and isolating conflict areas, stood ready in their headquarters, 12 miles (20 kilometers) away, to back them up.
The area had been taken by law enforcement just hours before during a five-hour operation using armored vehicles and assault rifles.
After bulletproof vehicles had their tires …
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