2013-03-03

Caju


Brazil troops move into Rio airport shanty towns

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21651550     3 March 2013 Last updated at 21:06 ET
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Brazilian police backed by troops, helicopters and armoured vehicles have moved into shanty-towns near Rio de Janeiro's international airport.
More than 1,300 security personnel were involved in the operation in the Caju and Barreira do Vasco neighbourhoods.
It is part of a strategy to wrest control of Rio's poor districts from drug-trafficking gangs before next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
Beth McLeod reports.