At least 13 killed in Brazil slum shootouts

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RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28 (AFP): At least 13 persons died Wednesday in firefights between Brazilian police and drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro's notorious slums, state public safety secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame said.
Beltrame earlier said that 18 people had been killed, but in a late Wednesday press conference lowered the toll.
Residents who removed a body from the area however told reporters that at least one of the victims was a worker.
Police launched a huge sweep through the so-called German Complex of 12 slums north of Rio de Janeiro, in which 100,000 people live largely under control of drug traffickers.