Over 100 killed in Brazil’s deadliest police raid
Digest more
B efore dawn on October 28th, security forces advanced into dozens of slums in Rio de Janeiro. Their targets were the leaders of the Red Command, Brazil’s second-largest drug gang. Armoured trucks smashed their way through barricades.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls for the Rio’s governor to resign.
Yesterday, Trump and Brazilian President Lula met at an event in Malaysia. Trump repeatedly asked Lula about his time in prison and told him that he was impressed by his ability to come back and defeat Bolsonaro in the 2022 election.