Brazil will deploy the military in slums near Rio’s international airport to back up police as the city braces for the arrival of hundreds of thousands of tourists for the World Cup, authorities said Monday. Since 2008, more than 9,000 police officers have been deployed in 38 units across 174 favelas in an attempt to ‘pacify’ areas in thrall to gangs and drug lords.
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