Aerial view of Rio das Pedras shantytown (favela), next to Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 28, 2014. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

Rochina- Rio de Janeiro

Jugendliche Mutter in der Favela Jardim Pantanal: „Das war an einem Sonntagmorgen„“ erzählt der mexikanische Fotograf Carlos Cazalis, der drei Jahre lang in São Paulo fotografiert hat. „Das Kind musste gestillt werden, aber die Mutter hatte einen Hangover, weil sie gefeiert hatte. Sie war erst 16 Jahre alt.“

Santa Marta- Rio de Janeiro

A drug dealer with the ADA gang counts money from a drug transaction. Cocaine and crack are the most popular drugs within the favelas.

Riot Special Forces policemen load a helicopter with six tons of marijuana found in a bunker during a raid in the Morro do Alemão shantytown on November 28, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro. (EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images

A child reacts during a shooting as a result of a police operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/ Silvia Izquierdo)

A gang member, also known as a 'trafficante', poses with his weapons in one of the many non-pacified favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

Members of a family relax outside their home in Rocinha, a favela that's home to the ADA gang.

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