Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has designated Brazil's criminal groups Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, ...

Protesters marched in Vila Cruzeiro, where days earlier residents laid out dozens of bodies of people killed by police.

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids ...

Rio de Janeiro authorities launched a massive police raid against the Comando Vermelho criminal faction. The operation, named ...

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raid ...

Authorities said the raid was aimed at enforcing nearly 100 judicial warrants against alleged members of the Comando Vermelho ...

Families in Rio de Janeiro have begun burying victims of the city’s deadliest gang raid. Residents in the Vila Cruzeiro ...

Following the bloodiest police operation in the history of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, the police have identified nine out of 117 dead as suspected leaders of drug gangs. However, they said ...

The aftermath of Brazil's deadliest police operation, targeting the Comando Vermelho gang, has led to widespread protests.

Brazil’s deadliest police raid left 132 dead in Rio de Janeiro as officers clashed with gangs using drones and explosives in ...