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Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

Rio de Janeiro or Rio as its commonly known,is a huge metropolis in South America.Rio is famous for its colourful carnivals and the Sugar Loaf mountain.Lots of tourists visit the famous Copacabana beach which is the venue for most of Rio's carnivals.Apart from the good reputation,Rio is also known for its lawlessness.Turf wars between rival drug gangs are a norm in Rio.These gangs fight to take control of their territories.Unfortunately,hundreds of innocent people have died as a result of these barbaric acts.The family of Alberto Moraes is one of the families which have perished in the turf wars between drug gangs.

Alberto's family was trapped in the middle of crossfire between two rival gangs on a street in a downtrodden neighbourhood in Rio a few years ago.His father,mother,sisters and grandmother was killed in that incident.Alberto was not at the scene as he was away with his uncle on a hunting trip.Now,Alberto is 18 and lives in a favela,or slum in a Rio suburb with his grandfather.He is like every ordinary Brazillian teenager.He loves to play football with his friends and hang out in front of a convent school daily.Alberto stopped schooling to work to support himself and his grandfather.At first,he worked at a shoe factory but he quit the job as the salary was insufficient to support the two of them.Finally,after toiling around in bars as a bartender,he made a mistake.A mistake which hundreds of other poor Brazillian teenagers had done-becoming a drug runner.

Alberto is now a drug runner for local drug dealer,Villa.Villa is a ruthless drug dealer.He kills anyone who comes across his path.Even the local cops fear for him.This new "career" of Alberto pays him quite well,around a few hundred reals daily for every successful transaction which is more than enough for Alberto and his grandfather.Alberto has been arrested by the police a number of times,but due to Villa's influence,he gets free all the time.
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