RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 ...

eople stand next to the bodies with a sign that reads "Claudio Castro (Rio de Janeiro governor) assassin and terrorist" in the Penha neighborhood a day after a massive anti-gang police operation took ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Rio’s deadliest police raid killed at least 121 people, including four officers, while targeting the Red Command ...

The police operation, involving more than 2,500 officers, was carried out on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and targeted a drug trafficking gang At least 64 people have died following a police operation targeting ...

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