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01/21
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Gang members holding guns and a bag of narcotics.
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02/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
03/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
04/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
05/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
06/21
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Gorilla, a famous funk singer in Brazil stands in the sunlight with Favela Rocinha behind him. An enormous metal necklace hangs against his naked chest.
favela
07/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
08/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
09/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
10/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
11/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
12/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
13/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
14/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
15/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
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16/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
17/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
18/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
19/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
favela
20/21
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favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police. In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends. In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film. The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.
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Rocinha is the largest favela in Latin America and is home to about 350,000 people but it also home to Amigos dos Amigos, one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rocinha is the largest favela in Latin America and is home to about 350,000 people but it also home to Amigos dos Amigos, one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 20/02/2009.

favelas in Rio de janeiro. Guns, drugs and police.
In the photos the favela Rocinha, the largest favela in Latin America, about 350,000 people where one of the two dominant groups of major traffickers in Rio de Janeiro. The name of this faction is ADA, amigos dos amigos, friends of friends.
In the photos as well as some armed traffickers of cocaine, with cocaine and there are pictures with the common life of the favela and the police raids, tropa do elite, elite troops, also famous for the eponymous Brazilian film.
The two people with large necklaces, are two famous (in Brazil) singers funk, Gorilla, on the left and Preto on the right, the music its more popular in the favelas, music linked to drug and traffickers.

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carolrocha

A melhor sequencia de fotos que já vi. Sou do Rio de Janeiro e sei o risco que corremos para buscar este tipo de material. Parabéns.

Carol Rocha