WALK OF FAME

Technik: Full HD, Stereo

Länge: 6:05 min.

The walk gives you an inside of the daily life of one of the biggest and most famous Falvela in Rio de Janeiro Brasil.
In November 2011, a security operation was undertaken where hundreds of police and military patrolled the streets of Rocinha to crack down on rampant drug dealers and bring government control to the neighbourhood.
In December 2017, drug kingpin Rogério da Silva, known as Rogério 157, was arrested in Rocinha, in an operation involving 3,000 members of the Brazilian military and police forces. Rogério was wanted on charges of homicide, extortion, and drug trafficking.
Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil and one of the most developed. Rocinha’s population was estimated at between 150,000 and 300,000 inhabitants during the 2000s