I think u talk of "BAHIA" which is in Salvador in the north part of Brazil..Alot of people who coem from there know about poor areas..the north have some of the most poor there, but diference if the poor there live in "favelas" but is boring flat land and ugly looking.
I am SOOOOO happy to live in the hill to fly kite or to sit on my roof and have beatiful view better then the rich people have.LOL!
Yes in Brazil traficantes can not leave the favela,, they are stuck there becase if they leave they get killed. And none of them are rich..yes they live better then average favelado but not much better..