The extraordinarily bloody episode shocked Rio, a city that is no stranger to scenes of gangs battling the police and each other. It also rattled Brazil just as the Latin American nation prepares to welcome delegations from around the world for the UN climate change conference, with events planned in Rio and the Amazonian city of Belem.

People led large public protests and asked for the removal of Rio’s governor following the deadly and alarming massacre that shook and horrified the residents of Rio de Janeiro.

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.

The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil's history killed at least 121 people, authorities said, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight.

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

(Reuters) -Events next week in Rio and other Brazilian cities linked to the COP30 climate summit will be safe for visitors, a Brazilian ministry official said, seeking to reassure attendees after a bloody police crackdown on a drug gang that led to dozens of deaths.

AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and soldiers stormed Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the city’s largest-ever anti-gang operation. Gun battles raged for

Beautiful white-sand beaches backed by luxurious condominiums, swathes of protected Atlantic forest that have somehow been left untouched amidst a fast-growing urban sprawl, and all the vibrant samba bars and kerbside boteco bars: Everyone knows and loves Rio de Janeiro,