Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday sparked shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four ...

Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela spent all night collecting bodies in trucks and laying them down in a central square, after a huge police raid on a notorious drug gang. After what is being ...

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 ...

A large-scale narcotics operation against the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, crime syndicate in Rio de Janeiro led to 81 arrests, 60 dead suspects and four dead police officers, Rio Governor ...

This latest operation must be under­stood in the context of Brazil’s general elections in October 2026. Castro, the governor, aspires to become a senator or perhaps even run for the presidency. And in ...