RIO DE JANEIRO: 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 calls for the Rio’s governor to resign. Dozens of favelas residents gathered in front of the state’s government headquarters shouting “assassins!” and waving Brazilian flags stained with red paint, a day after Rio’s deadliest raid and hours after families and residents laid dozens of dead bodies on a street in one of the targeted communities to show the magnitude of the operation.

Raids sparked gunfights between troops and Red Command traffickers who reportedly used weaponised drones

RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 22 people, including four police officers, were killed in a large-scale operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, the state…

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

Bodies filled Rio de Janeiro’s poor neighborhoods Tuesday as police carried out their largest-ever raids against drug gangs, leaving at least 64 people...

Police and soldiers launched a sweeping operation against Rio de Janeiro's notorious Red Command gang on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking intense shootouts in the…

Fierce clashes erupted in the Brazilian city, with the Red Command gang dropping bombs with drones.

I parenti identificano i corpi nelle favelas a Nord della città

Dopo irruzione nel complesso della favela Penha a Rio

Es war die größte und gewalttätigste Razzia gegen die organisierten Drogenkartelle von Rio de Janeiro. Human Rights Watch spricht von einer Tragödie.

La operación policial lanzada el martes en Río de Janeiro, la más letal de la historia de la ciudad brasileña, dejó 132 muertos.

La cifra de muertos tras la redada masiva contra el crimen organizado aumenta a 132

RIO DE JANEIRO: Residents of a favela in Rio de Janeiro lined up more than 40 bodies at a plaza in their low-income neighborhood on Wednesday, a day after the bloodiest police…

Rio state governor put death toll at around 60 on Wednesday, but warned that the real figure was likely higher.

At least 60 people are dead after about 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on the drug-trafficking gang the Red Command – one of Brazil's most powerful…

The governor of Rio said the official death toll from Tuesday's anti-drug operation, the deadliest in history, remained at around 60 but could change.

At least 119 people were killed, including four policemen, and 113 arrested in the largest anti-drug police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro'.

Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault

Oltre un centinaio di morti a Rio in mega-operazione di polizia

RIO DE JANEIRO: 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…

Am Ende der brutalsten Drogen-Razzia Rios standen 132 Tote. Demonstranten riefen am Tag danach vor dem Parlament „Mörder!“. Der Gouverneur muss sich nun verantworten, denn der…