Heavy-handed police raids like the one that claimed dozens of lives in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday have only ever bolstered the drug gangs they are meant to curtail, according to Brazilian organized crime expert Carolina Grillo.
Tuesday's operation saw 2,500 heavily armed officers descend on two poor neighborhoods in Rio's north to flush out members of the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) gang.
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