President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to combat organized crime in Brazil.

The use of large-scale force can be understood as a performative attempt to reassert territorial dominance. This aligns with what some scholars describe as the “punitive turn” in Latin America.

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

Authorities said the raid was aimed at enforcing nearly 100 judicial warrants against alleged members of the Comando Vermelho ...

A state police operation targeting a major drug gang in Brazil has resulted in the deaths of 132 people in low-income ...

Church leaders, including the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Orani Tempesta, and the heads of the Bishops’ Conference ...

Brazil's most lethal police raid against drug gangs resulted in at least 121 deaths, sparking criticism and calls for ...

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

After a massive police raid on a notorious drug gang, residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela spent all night collecting bodies ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid on a notorious drug gang in Rio de Janeiro rose Wednesday to 119 killed, including four policemen, Brazilian police said.

The police said they planned the raids for months and expected a high death toll. The city will host global leaders next week ...