Olympians, Fans On Edge After Armed Robbery of Ryan Lochte

The hundreds of thousands of athletes and tourists who poured into Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics all heard the warnings. There were more than 300 street crimes a day in Rio state––an 85% rise from 2012––and the flood of visitors offered ample targets for muggers, bag-snatchers and worse. Still, the threat felt more intense to many after U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates were held up at gunpoint on their way back from a party early Sunday.