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Brazilian police raid Rio slum – in pictures

Rio raid: the Rocinha slum in Rio
The Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro before it was occupied by police Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Rio raid: assault vehicles
Assault vehicles secure a street Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images
Rio raid: Policemen patrol the Rocinha slum during the Shock of Peace operation
Police officers patrol the Rocinha slum during the Shock of Peace operation to install a peacekeeping unit Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters
Rio raid: navy armoured vehicle
A navy armoured vehicle runs over motorbikes as it moves into the Rocinha slum Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Rio raid: officers check a suspect
Police officers check a suspect Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters
Rio raid: paramilitary helicopter
A paramilitary police helicopter hovers over Rocinha Photograph: Luiza Castro/AFP/Getty Images
Rio raid: Nem hideout
Civil police officers raid the most recent hideout of Rocinha's former boss, Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, a 35-year-old drug boss known as Nem Photograph: Tom Phillips for the Guardian
Rio raid: Peixe
Police inspect the house of the drug trafficker Sandro Luis Amorim, known as Peixe, in the Rocinha slum Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP
Rio raid: Brazil's police inspect the house of drug trafficker Sandro Luis Amorim
Police in Peixe's house Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP
Rio raid: A policeman carries evidence
A police officer carries evidence Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters
Rio raid: Brazilian Federal Police personnel patrol the Vidigal slum
Federal police patrol the Vidigal slum Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
Rio raid: Brazilian marines
Marines in an amphibious assault vehicle drive along a street in Rocinha Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images
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