Deadly police raids in Rio favelas leave 64 dead as authorities target Comando Vermelho gang amid drones, gunfire, and chaos.

The deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history killed at least 132 people, public defenders said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight, a ...

Residents of a Rio de Janeiro community lined up their dead in the street Wednesday after Brazil's bloodiest police raid killed at least 119 people, spotlighting the city's controversial war against ...

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects ...

Read full article: Virginia expands funding for firefighter cancer screenings RIO DE JANEIRO – The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at ...

Before dawn on October 28th, security forces advanced into dozens of slums in Rio de Janeiro. Their targets were the leaders of the Red Command, Brazil’s second-largest drug gang. Armoured trucks ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and ...

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice banned police raids Friday in the slums of Rio de Janeiro during the coronavirus pandemic, amid growing criticism of recent cases of police violence. Judge Edson ...

Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city's drug traffickers, leaving at least 64 dead in war-like scenes. As many as 2 ...

About 2,500 police and soldiers in Brazil launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects ...