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A girl looks over her shoulder at Ricardo Moraes as he photographs Brazilian troops in the background, lined up along a graffiti-covered wall.

The troops were deployed to patrol the "Providence Hill" slum (or favela) on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Eleven troops were accused of turning three young men over to thugs in a rival favela, whose bodies were then later found mutilated.

Ricardo Moraes / Associated Press, found at: Los Angeles Times, Copyright 2008 Los Angeles Times.