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Brazil, 2: Inside Rio's Elite Police Force

By David Schonauer   Wednesday August 24, 2016

It’s not easy getting access to Rio de Janeiro’s Special Operations Battalion of Police, or BOPE. In fact, it had been eight years since since a journalist had been let inside the elite unit. Photographer Cédric Gerbehaye spent six months sending emails and relying on help from local journalists before …

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