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•Rio's 'narco-pentecostal' gangs use religion to dominate favelas
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Some Rio gangsters see themselves as God's 'soldiers of crime', with Jesus as "the owner" of the territory they dominate.
Some have dubbed them " Narco-Pentecostals " Pastor Diego Nascimento became a Christian after hearing the gospel from a gangster holding a gun.
He was once a member of Rio 's notorious Red Command crime gang and managed its activities.
Allegations of religious extremism in Rio 's favelas first gained attention in the early 2000s .
The problem has "increased dramatically" in recent years , says Marcio de Jagun , co-ordinator of Religious Diversity at Rio's City Hall .
But religion and crime have long been intertwined in Brazil , says theologian Vivian Costa.
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