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“If you live on the streets, you have to be evil”
Zeca (not his real name) was hooked on cocaine by the time he was 10. Now 17, he tells the story of how his addiction led him to join a drug gang and lead a life of violence and crime on the streets of the Brazilian city of Salvador.
(Photo: Grafitti in the streets of Salvador, Brazil)
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