The police operation, involving more than 2,500 officers, was carried out on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and targeted a drug ...

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

The authorities said the deadliest operation in Rio’s history had killed four police officers and at least 60 other people.

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers have launched a massive raid on a criminal gang in Rio de Janeiro and arrested 81 suspects while sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects dead.

Sixty-four people, including four police officers, have died following a "street battle" during the largest-ever gang raid in ...

The raid is already being called the most lethal police action in the history of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The US sold sniper rifles to a police unit in Rio de Janeiro that was involved in the deadliest gang crackdown in the city’s ...

EADaily, . At least 60 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro during the storming of the favela area near the city's international airport, which is considered the headquarters of one of Brazil's most ...

At least 64 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, security officials told CNN Brasil. Among the dead are four police officers, officials ...

Robert Muggah, an expert in organised crime in Brazil, explains the origins of the Commando Vermehlo, the gang targeted in a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across ...