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Brazil's 'Extreme Measure' To Fight Crime Fails To Stem Crime In Rio

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According to a report by Business Insider, six months after thousands of soldiers were deployed in Rio de Janeiro to take over police functions and increase operations in high-crime areas, homicides in Brazil's capital are up 5 percent over the same period in 2017. Reuters reports that between February and July, 738 people were killed in confrontations with police. 16 police officers were reportedly killed in that same time period.

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