Rio De Janeiro: Just after midnight on October 28, a group of police officers were startled by roughly 20 armed men on motorcycles fleeing the Alemao favela, one of the headquarters of Rio de ...

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An 11‑month‑old baby was rescued in Brazil after a months‑long investigation that started with undercover work by Florida agents and ended with a deadly raid by Brazilian federal police. Authorities ...

Brazilian Officials Raise Death Toll in Rio Raid to at Least 132 SAO PAULO (Reuters) -At least 132 people were killed during a deadly police raid in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, the Rio de Janeiro public ...

A month after the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history, the Red Command, the organized crime group that was the target of the operation, continues to control the Alemão and Penha ...

RIO DE JANEIRO(AP) — 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 ...