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Residents gather round the bodies of suspected drug traffickers in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 20.

Charts: Crime is getting even worse in post-Olympics Rio

December 6, 2016Conflict

Rio de Janeiro’s Olympics security force is gone — and robberies and violent crime are rising. Here’s how bad it is, in three charts.

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Map: Here are countries with the world’s highest murder rates

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13 suspected members of the 18th street gang are presented to the media after being arrested by the police in Soyapango, El Salvador in March.

Salvadoran gangs use Facebook to track down victims

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