The raid against the Red Command drug trafficking gang saw thousands of officers battle heavily armed men who dropped ...

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful ...

Brazil’s deadliest police raid left 132 dead in Rio de Janeiro as officers clashed with gangs using drones and explosives in ...

The police said they planned the raids for months and expected a high death toll. The city will host global leaders next week ...

At least 132 people were killed in what authorities described as Brazil’s largest police operation against drug gangs, ...

Several civil society groups and public security experts criticized the heavy casualties of the military-style raid.

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

At least 121 people were killed in Brazil in the deadliest police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to disrupt the criminal network Comando Vermelho, but with 132 dead ...

Residents of the Penha favela in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro laid out at least 64 bodies on one of the neighbourhood ...