Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 40 bodies have been lined up in the streets of Rio de Janeiro the day after a major clash between Brazilian police and ...

(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 — 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.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s police on Wednesday killed four people who attacked security forces as they were carrying out an operation to contain the advance of the notorious criminal gang ...

A 2025 study by the Brazilian Forum on Public Security found that gangs such as the Red Command and PCC generated 146.8 billion Brazilian reais ($27 billion) in 2022 through the illegal trade of gold, ...