Rio de Janeiro witnessed its deadliest anti-drug operation, resulting in record police fatalities. Five officers died during the raid targeting Comando Vermelho gang members in the Penha and Alemao ...

It was the fourth such massacre carried out under Governor Cláudio Castro – but it was by far the most barbaric. Many of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least two people were killed and eight arrested on Wednesday during a police operation in the Vila Kennedy neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, the state civil police said in a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities launched a mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro that sent a force of nearly 2,000 military and civil officers into 10 low income neighborhoods Monday seeking to ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for investigations into the deaths.

Rio de Janeiro will drastically increase surveillance and lean on federal and state police forces ahead of next year’s Group of 20 nations summit, as it seeks to use the major global gathering to help ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Military police launched a major anti-crime operation in northern Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting dozens of men and confiscating automatic rifles in a sweep that led gang members ...

Does Brazil’s Christ shed a tear looking down over the sadness below him? It’s a question Rio de Janeiro’s residents ask as they gaze up to what has become the most dangerous wonder of the world. Last ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s state law enforcement agencies launched a mega-operation with a force that includes nearly 2000 military and civil officers across ten low-income neighborhoods ...