US EditionUp to 64 Killed in Major Drug Raid in Rio de Janeiro
About 2,500 officers targeted the Comando Vermelho gang in Rio’s favelas, resulting in over 60 deaths and 81 arrests in the city’s deadliest police operation.
- On Tuesday, a raid by some 2,500 police and soldiers targeted the Red Command in Complexo de Alemao and Complexo da Penha, killing 132 people.
- Aimed at capturing gang leaders and limiting the Red Command's recent territorial expansion, the operation's stated objectives were to target organized crime in favelas.
- Felipe Curi, Rio state police secretary, said bodies were found in a wooded area wearing camouflage and that local residents removed clothing and equipment, prompting an evidence-tampering investigation.
- On Thursday families began burying the dead, with dozens of slum residents protesting and Brazil's Supreme Court ordering Claudio Castro to provide details before a hearing next Monday.
- The tally made it the deadliest Rio police operation, drawing condemnation from human rights groups and the U.N., while some right-wing voters and politicians applauded the raid.
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A large-scale police operation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday left 132 people dead. "Operação Contenção," a year in the making, is the deadliest police operation ever in Rio. A reconstruction.
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A massive anti-drug raid in Rio de Janeiro left 132 people dead in the early hours of October 28 as Brazil’s security forces confronted one of the country’s biggest crime gangs. It was one of the deadliest security operations in modern Brazilian history. Around 2,500 officers descended on the favelas of Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha, strongholds of Brazil’s oldest criminal group, Comando Vermelho. There were more than 80 arrests. Auth…
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