One of the world's biggest arms traffickers has been recaptured in Brazil, police say, five months after he escaped from prison using a fake early release document.
João Filipe Barbieri was convicted for being part of a gang that smuggled hundreds of rifles from the US hidden in swimming pool equipment.
Barbieri was found at his mother's house in a slum near Rio de Janeiro.
He is the stepson of the gang leader, who is known as the Lord of Weapons.
The gang was caught in 2017 after a container with 60 military-style rifles it had despatched from Miami was intercepted at Rio's international airport. Authorities say the arms were sold to drug traffickers that operate in many of Rio's slums, known as favelas.
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