Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers. The raid targeted the Red Command gang and involved helicopters, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the ...

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people ...

In Rio, where rainforest meets surf and glass balconies overlook stacked mosaics of tin and prayer, I learned that the state, ...

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful ...

Rocinha, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, is, according to official data, the largest of Brazil’s more than 12,000 favelas, or ...

A week out from hosting thousands of international visitors for the United Nation's climate summit, Brazilian authorities are ...

The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil's history killed at least 121 people, authorities said, as Rio de ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for ...

Brazilian police hit the Rio gang hard in a raid that left 119 dead, and which human rights groups called a "disaster." ...

At least 121 people were killed in Brazil in the deadliest police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in ...

B efore dawn on October 28th, security forces advanced into dozens of slums in Rio de Janeiro. Their targets were the leaders ...