Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police operation Thursday targeting gang members in Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities, left at least 18 people dead in one of the deadliest ...

Five militarized police officers who participated in the deadliest operation in Rio de Janeiro were arrested on Friday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A raid of Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to ...

Rising gas prices have been acutely felt in Rio's poorer favelas where criminal groups control much of the economy. Armed militias in many of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are setting exorbitant prices for ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and ...

BRASILIA, BrazilBRASILIA, Brazil — A police raid in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro set off a gunbattle that killed nine people and wounded two officers Wednesday, marking the latest ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of heavily-armed police occupied the Jacarezinho neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday morning, as authorities vowed a renewed effort to bring ...

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