In 2010, as Brazil prepared to host the World Cup and Olympics, armed forces invaded the sprawling Complexo do Alemão group of favelas, or slums, which were controlled by drug gangs. “The violence is worse than it was before pacification, because we don't know when there's going to be a shootout. Now, as the conditions get worse and worse in 2016, attitudes are still mixed. Felipe Dana / Associated PressCrime has spiked in 2016, and this part of Rio, comfortably far from Rio 2016 tourists, often sees daily shootouts between police and a resurgent drug gang. Authorities remain vigilant there and gangs have not bounced back as they have in other favelas.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 31, 2016 10:52 UTC