Authorities moved in early Tuesday and bulldozed the home of a slum dweller whose fight to stay in her residence near Rio’s Olympic Park came to symbolize the fight between the city and residents of the Vila Autodromo shantytown.

A court order authorizing the demolition had been issued last week, and talks between the city and Maria da Penha, an unofficial spokeswoman for families that refused to leave the slum, broke down over the weekend.