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Brazilian female supercop turns tables on violent gang that kidnapped her
Kidnapped in a Rio favela five years ago, Brazilian policewoman Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo turned the tables on her abductors and arrested them. Now, she is spearheading efforts to turn the slums around in time for the city to host the 2014 World Cup. “We succeeded in turning a place…
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