Weekly Report - 19 June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
BRAZIL: Judge orders army out of Rio favela
On 18 June Rio's Federal Justice ordered the Brazilian army out the central Rio favela of Morro de la Providencia, following the death of three young men over the weekend of 13-15 June after being handed over to a rival gang by a group of soldiers. The case has shocked Brazil and brings to the fore the tensions between the government and local authorities over the role of the armed forces in urban security.
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