Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando ...

A recent report from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found a link between Brazil's infamous Comando Vermelho group's gun supply and Paraguay. Arms legally imported to that country end up in ...

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Around 200 tourists were stranded on a Rio de Janeiro hilltop after a police operation against the Comando Vermelho gang ...

The access route to Morro Dois Irmãos was blocked during the operation in Vidigal, leaving scores of alarmed sightseers stuck on the hill.

Scores were killed in raids in Rio de Janeiro favelas targeting a crime syndicate. The city is about to host major events related to the COP30 climate summit. A large-scale narcotics operation against ...

200 tourists were trapped at a popular sunrise viewpoint.

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raids against a powerful drug gang in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The official ...

Rio de Janeiro: At least 64 people, including four police officers, were killed in a large-scale security operation targeting organised crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (local time), CNN reported, ...

New details which have emerged in the aftermath of Brazil's deadliest police operation are casting doubts over whether the raid really struck at the heart of one of the country's most powerful ...