Policemen secure a street during the rai

Policemen secure a street during the raid in the Morro do Alemao shantytown on November 28, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After days of preparation, Brazilian security forces early Sunday launched a raid against a slum where between 500 and 600 drug traffickers are holed up and refuse to surrender. About 2,600 airborne troops, marines and members of elite police units were taking part in the operation targeting a lawless group of slums dubbed Complexo de Alemao. The operation has so far killed 35 people. AFP PHOTO/Jefferson BERNARDES (Photo credit should read JEFFERSON BERNARDES/AFP via Getty Images)