People cry on a street where bodies are gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The police operation launched a day before was the deadliest in the Brazilian city's history. Photo by Antonio Lacerda, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of ...

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 ...

This special report details Brazil's deadliest police operation in Rio de Janeiro, targeting the powerful Commando Vermelho, or Red Command, drug cartel. Rio's state governor, Claudio Castro, stated ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.

The U.S. is expected to soon designate Brazil’s two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations, a star prosecutor in the South American country said, a move that is likely to amplify the debate ...