US EditionDeath Toll in Brazilian Police Raid Rises to 119, Drawing Criticism of Excessive Force
- On Oct. 29, public defenders said the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history killed at least 132 people, while residents in the Penha neighborhood lined more than 70 corpses along a main street.
- State police said the raids were planned for more than two months to drive suspects into a forested hillside ambush by a special operations unit, targeting narcoterrorism, Victor Santos said.
- Rio police officials confirmed they arrested 132 suspects and seized 118 firearms, with four police officers among 119 confirmed deaths.
- The United Nations Human Rights office urged prompt investigations and criticized the raid’s heavy casualties, while President Lula met with officials after learning Rio police operated without federal notification.
- The raid surpasses the 2021 Jacarezinho raid and echoes the 1992 Carandiru Penitentiary massacre, while officials deny any link to COP30 and related global events next week in Rio.
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Corpses line Rio street after Brazil’s deadliest ever police operation
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 30 — The deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history killed at least 119 people, authorities said yesterday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight, a week ahead of global climate events in the city.State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang had been planned exhaustively for more than two months, designed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where a special oper…
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Over 100 killed in Rio police crackdown on powerful narco gang
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro community lined up their dead in harrowing scenes Wednesday after Brazil's bloodiest police raid killed at least 119 people, spotlighting the city's controversial war against drug gangs entrenched in poor neighborhoods.
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DailyTruthReportAt least 132 people dead as Rio police raids sweep through city
State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang the day before had been planned exhaustively for more than two months, designed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where a special operations unit was waiting in ambush.
Authorities reported that at least 119 people died in a series of raids on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, making it the most lethal police operation in the history of Brazil's second largest city.The operations, carried out before dawn, targeted leaders of the notorious Vermelho Commando (Red Command), one of the largest criminal groups in the country operating in numerous favelas in the hills of Rio.Felipe Curi, secretary of the Civil Police of the…
Death toll at Rio favelas mega police operation updated to 119
The Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro confirmed Wednesday that at least 119 people were killed in Tuesday's massive police mission targeting the Comando Vermelho drug gang, making it the deadliest operation in the city’s history.
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