Thousands Protest Against Police Raid that Left 121 Dead
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Rio de Janeiro authorities said they had identified most of the victims of the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, as protesters demanded an end to the violence and a change in security policies that have turned favelas into "war zones."
In the patio of the Medical-Legal Institute (IML), in the center of Rio, she remains standing on her feet, with the head supported in the degrees, as she sees a platated pulse delivered in a plastic bag. "I just stayed there," says Karen Beatriz, pregnant for a month, about the dead husband in the operation that left 121 bodies in the complexes of Penha and Germany. Video: Argentina takes three Brazilian suspects to integrate the Red Command try…
Thousands of protesters have gathered in a Rio favela, the site of the deadliest police crackdown in Brazilian history this week. The protesters are demanding an investigation into the killings. At least 121 people were killed in a police raid on Tuesday (other sources put the death toll at 132), including four police officers. Dozens of mutilated bodies were dumped at the entrance to one favela during the crackdown. Protesters carried banners s…
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