Military police stand on a hill overlooking Brasilandia -- a shantytown in northern Sao Paulo, Brazil -- during an anti-gang raid.
Brazil police hunt cop killers —
Military police stand on a hill overlooking Brasilandia -- a shantytown in northern Sao Paulo, Brazil -- during an anti-gang raid.
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Young men in Brasilandia are frisked as police hunt drug dealers, car thieves and gang members. The raids are part of a clampdown on the First Command of the Capital gang (or PCC) which haskilled about 100 police this year.
Brazil police hunt cop killers —
Young men in Brasilandia are frisked as police hunt drug dealers, car thieves and gang members. The raids are part of a clampdown on the First Command of the Capital gang (or PCC) which haskilled about 100 police this year.
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Military policemen are on high alert during the swoop and keep their hands on their guns even as woman and children walk by.
Brazil police hunt cop killers —
Military policemen are on high alert during the swoop and keep their hands on their guns even as woman and children walk by.
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Thirty military police meet up for the raid, part of Operation Saturation which aims to get the gang leaders off the streets before they get them. In one raid police found a possible hit list with the names and addresses of 40 officers
Brazil police hunt cop killers —
Thirty military police meet up for the raid, part of Operation Saturation which aims to get the gang leaders off the streets before they get them. In one raid police found a possible hit list with the names and addresses of 40 officers
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Residents of Brasilandia look on as a military police patrol drives by. Police expanded Operation Saturation into the slum after an officer was murdered there outside her home.
Brazil police hunt cop killers —
Residents of Brasilandia look on as a military police patrol drives by. Police expanded Operation Saturation into the slum after an officer was murdered there outside her home.
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Military police patrol Brasilandia shantytown with their guns drawn. Nearly 100 police officers have been murdered in Sao Paulo so far this year, most of them ambushed off duty.
Brazil police hunt cop killers —
Military police patrol Brasilandia shantytown with their guns drawn. Nearly 100 police officers have been murdered in Sao Paulo so far this year, most of them ambushed off duty.
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