US EditionWhat to Know About Rio's Deadliest Police Raid that Exposed Limits of Anti-Gang Tactics in Brazil
The raid targeted Comando Vermelho in Rio's favelas, killing over 120 including four officers, amid political disputes and calls for investigations into police violence.
- On Tuesday, Rio de Janeiro police and soldiers launched an operation in Complexo da Penha and Complexo do Alemão that left 132 dead, including four officers, targeting Comando Vermelho.
- With roots in 1970s prisons, the Comando Vermelho expanded into favelas and the drug trade as political tensions grow ahead of presidential and local elections next year.
- More than 2,500 civil and military police officials raided two neighborhoods using helicopters, armored vehicles and ground troops, reflecting Rio's military-police tactical traditions.
- Human rights organizations demanded investigations into the deaths, while Ricardo Lewandowski pressed for reforms as the federal government opened an emergency office.
- The latest high body count echoes a larger pattern of violent operations across Rio, with 1.2 billion reais seized in August and over 1,800 police operations this year causing severe psychological harm, Rene Silva said.
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BBC says legal weapons from Paraguay end up in Comando Vermelho’s hands
A recent report from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found a link between Brazil's infamous Comando Vermelho group's gun supply and Paraguay. Arms legally imported to that country end up in the possession of the outlaw group.
In Brazil, the state has given way to the warlords of the favelas. Faced with this abandonment, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, figure of the Brazilian right, launched on Tuesday 28 October an operation to capture the leaders of the Comando Vermelho. Result: 121 dead. In these labyrinths of concrete where the official law no longer passes, the inhabitants live under the authority of crime, rather than in the shadow of the law, sa…
The operation conducted on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro against the criminal group Comando Vermelho killed more than 130 people. The Lula government announced measures to improve coordination between federal and state security forces.
Explainer-What is the Comando Vermelho gang targeted in the deadly Rio police raids?
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of the country's oldest and most powerful criminal organizations, which dominates the drug trade in several cities. Read full story
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What to know about Rio's deadliest police raid that exposed limits of anti-gang tactics in Brazil
Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.
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