US EditionBrazil Police Raid Leaves at Least 119 Dead, Triggering Protests and Claims of Executions and a Decapitation
The raid targeted Red Command gang leaders to limit territorial expansion, resulting in 119 deaths including four police officers, sparking protests over alleged police executions.
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Rio authorities identify bodies, protests called after deadly police raids
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro authorities said on Friday they had identified most of those killed in the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, as protests were called to denounce the high number of casualties. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Dozens of people denounced Wednesday's excessive use of force and demanded the resignation of the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro after a huge police raid on a gang of drug traffickers in poor neighborhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro left at least 119 dead.
The bloodiest police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro has triggered a political avalanche. Brazil's President Lula da Silva is caught up with earlier statements in which he had declared drug dealers victims.
The police operation conducted on Tuesday 28 October 2025 in Rio de Janeiro is now considered the most deadly in Brazil's history. According to the official record, 119 people have lost their lives, including four police officers, and more than 100 individuals have been arrested. The intervention was aimed at Comando Vermelho, a powerful drug trafficking gang operating in several states of the country. An unprecedented scale operation, known as …
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