Inside City of God

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Officials in Rio de Janeiro have deployed new "peace police" units to the City of God slum as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the city’s slums, or favelas, from drug gangs.

Lalo de Almeida for The New York Times

Inside City of God

Officials in Rio de Janeiro have deployed new “peace police” units to the slum as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the city’s slums, or favelas, from drug gangs.