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 | | In the past decade, Brazils role in the international cocaine trade has evolved from a way point between Colombia and Europe to the second-largest consumer market in the Western Hemisphere, and the Carnival city of Rio is its cocaine capital (think Medellin, Colombia during the 80s and 90s). |
 | | Indeed, a common cause of death is the bala perdidalost bulletwhere a shot fired on one of Rios hills misses its target but takes an innocent life 6,000 feet below. |
 | | His death, which hardly raised an eyebrow among police, brings to mind a sad saying among Rio cops: The difference between a veteran policeman and a dead rookie is the split second it takes to think twice about killing a child. |
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