Misha Glenny tells of his prison meetings with Nem of Rocinha,the slum crime boss who channelled some of his cocaine profits into running a welfare state for 100000 peopleOn the morning of 10 November 2011, the people of Rio de Janeiro woke up to some riveting footage being played over and over on all major television networks. Editors had cleared the decks to concentrate on one chronicle.
Just after midnight, and three competing police forces had converged on a black Toyota Corolla. After a scuffle and mutual recriminations,they all pointed their weapons at the car’s locked boot. Illuminating the scene was a searchlight mounted on a police helicopter to the delight of the surrounding camera crews from the headquarters of Brazil’s largest news channels, Globo and Record.
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Source: theguardian.com