Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.
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 ...
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.
On January 6, 20-year-old Marcos Vinícius Alves Gonçalves was shot dead in Feira de Santana, a city in northeastern Bahia, Brazil. He became the latest victim in a string of killings authorities ...
By 1985, the Red Command controlled roughly 70% of all drug-selling points in Rio — and the city’s deadly turf wars with other factions began. According to Márcio Sérgio Christino, a São Paulo state ...