The word "Shantytowns" has such negative connotations. I like to think of it as "REALLY affordable housing".
;-)
Posted on 04/07/2006 4:45:55 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Rio de Janeiro, Apr 7 (EFE).- Brazilian authorities on Friday confiscated from a Rio de Janeiro shantytown an anti-tank rocket that members of a drug gang allegedly planned to use against police, officials said.
The abandoned weapon was found on the roof of a home in Cidade de Deus, a western Rio shantytown that gained notoriety in a film by the same name about warring gangs of drug traffickers in the city's slums.
The rocket was discovered by anti-drug police thanks to an anonymous tip. According to the tipster, the members of the drug-trafficking gang that controls Cidade de Deus were intending to fire the weapon at a police armored vehicle in retaliation for a Wednesday night operation in the shantytown that killed three suspected narcotics traffickers.
Along with the rocket, police also found four grenades and small quantities of drugs.
Frequent fighting among rival drug gangs for control of distribution areas and clashes between the drug traffickers and police have made Rio de Janeiro one of the most violent cities in the world. EFE cm/mc
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The word "Shantytowns" has such negative connotations. I like to think of it as "REALLY affordable housing".
;-)
"No, seriously, officer, we were just saving it for New Year's Eve happy fire."
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