Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least two people were killed and eight arrested on Wednesday during a police ‌operation in the Vila Kennedy neighborhood of ‌Rio de Janeiro, the state civil police said in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday. An operation launched Tuesday ...

The police operation, involving more than 2,500 officers, was carried out on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and targeted a drug trafficking gang At least 64 people have died following a police operation targeting ...

APTOPIX Brazil Gang Raid A priest blesses the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...

Luiz Lima, a right-leaning congressman representing Rio, defended the October 28 raid as unavoidable. “It was a necessary operation,” Lima told CNN. “What happened that day — 117 criminals killed — ...

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.