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 combat.

Gang members in Rio de Janeiro bombed police with drones in retaliation for their deadliest raid on the city’s drug ...

At least 64 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, security officials told CNN Brasil. Among the dead are four police officers, officials ...

SCORES of bodies have been laid out in Rio de Janeiro just 24 hours after a day of terror unfolded in the capital. At least ...

Violence erupted yesterday in Rio de Janeiro after Brazilian police launched a raid against the notorious Comando Vermelho ...

EADaily, . At least 60 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro during the storming of the favela area near the city's ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for ...

BRAZILIAN police have been accused of decapitating a teenage gangster and hanging his head from a tree like a trophy in a ...

Police deployed 2,500 officers to combat Comando Vermelho group, facing gunfire and drone-launched grenades, says Governor ...

Rio has been the scene of lethal police raids for decades. In March 2005, some 29 people were killed in Rio’s Baixada ...

132 people have been killed in Rio de Janeiro after a police assault on the drug gangs in the city’s favelas. The pre-dawn ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for ...