The Rio de Janeiro state government launched Operation Containment on October 28, a large-scale and intense police raid targeting the notorious Comando Vermelho (Red Command) criminal faction in the ...

“Operation Containment” brought 2,500 police officers, soldiers and snipers up the slopes of Rio’s Complexo da Penha and Complexo do Alemão favelas, home to roughly 110,000 people. A man stands next ...

A woman cries in front of dead bodies on a street in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The police operation launched a day earlier, the largest in the city's history, left at least 119 people dead, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the military police special unit conduct a raid against drug trafficking during Operation Containment, carried out in ...

After the deadliest police operation ever carried out in Brazil, Catholic Church authorities spoke out in defense of the dignity of every human life, stressing that hatred and indifference will not ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) --At least 119 people were killed, including four policemen, and 113 arrested in the largest anti-drug police operation in Rio de Janeiro's history. The operation took place in the Penha ...

Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.