Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Lewandowski, and the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, ...

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.

RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, ...

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.

Around 50 health and education facilities had their routines disrupted by the clashes, and bus routes had to be changed to avoid the gunfire.

A witness says residents brought down body after body - some mutilated - after the massive police raid which has left at ...

Rio de Janeiro police on Tuesday carried out their deadliest-ever raid against a major criminal faction, Comando Vermelho, or ...