US EditionRio De Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation
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Lula da Silva says that the judge's decision to authorize mega operation was "a prison order". The mega operation performed on 28 October in Rio de Janeiro caused at least 121 deaths.
Brazilian Lawmaker From the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement Demands Investigation of “Planned Massacre” That Left 121 Dead
By Adele Robichez, José Eduardo Bernardes, and Larissa Bohrer – Oct 31, 2025 The lawmaker states that Governor Cláudio Castro’s operation was “a massacre carried out in secret” and calls for an independent forensic investigation State legislator Marina dos Santos of the MST, together with nine other opposition lawmakers, submitted a request to open a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate responsibility for “Operation Containm…
Rio de Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — October 28, 2025, will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in recent Brazilian history, especially for residents of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At least 121 people were killed in the deadliest police operation in the country’s history. Content advisory – descriptions of lethal police violence. The large-scale, multi-agency Operation Contenção, or Containment, was executed with over 2,500 police officers in the …
The images of a war in the heart of the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. These are the first videos released by the government of the state of Rio about the most lethal police operation in Brazil’s history. Last week, a police raid on the favelas of the Complexo do Alemão and the Complexo da Penha left a trail of 121 dead, including four policemen. According to the authorities, all the suspects killed were related to the Vermelho Commando, the most po…
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described this Tuesday as "killing" the police operation that caused more than a hundred deaths in Rio de Janeiro and considered that action by the agents of that city "there was no killing order and there was killing," Lula said in a press conference with foreign correspondents, including one from EFE, about that action of the Rio de Janeiro Police, which on October 28 caused 121 deaths in two favel…
The Civil Police confirmed this Tuesday (November 4, 2025) that Cleiton Souza da Silva, identified as one of the main organizers of drug trafficking in the North of the country, is among the 117 dead in Operation Contenção, launched on October 28 in the Penha and Alemão complexes. According to the police, Cleiton was linked to the CV (Comando Vermelho) and considered one of those responsible for strengthening the faction's national presence. Inv…
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