Operation in two favelas left 121 dead, including four police officers and two teens, with 99 people taken into custody ...

None of the 117 people killed by police were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis ...

A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls for Rio's governor ...

The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. The bodies ...

The president is struggling to handle the political fallout, as he attempts to reconcile international concerns over human rights violations with growing public support for a crackdown on crime.

By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The governor of Rio de Janeiro has touted ...