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Cocaine, cops and clerics

Rife with drugs, violence and murder, Rio de Janeiro’s slums are the subject of a new documentary - Tom Phillips, the film’s creator, takes us inside the lives of those caught up in one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth

Much was said about Marcio da Silva Lima, a Rio de Janeiro drug baron better known as Tola. “He kills kids.