A person looks on behind a burnt car during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 28. REUTERS/Aline Massuca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Rio De Janeiro: Just after midnight on October 28, a group of police officers were startled by roughly 20 armed men on motorcycles fleeing the Alemao favela, one of the headquarters of Rio de ...

World News Behind Rio’s deadly raid: Brazil’s billion-dollar criminal networks (CNN) — Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and ...