B efore dawn on October 28th, security forces advanced into dozens of slums in Rio de Janeiro. Their targets were the leaders ...

The raid is already being called the most lethal police action in the history of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At least 132 people died in a massive police operation against a crime syndicate in the Brazilian coastal metropolis of Rio ...

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public ...

At least 64 people were killed in coordinated raids in a pair of Rio de Janeiro's slums on Tuesday, making it the deadliest ...

The United States Embassy as well as the United Nations Human Rights Office issued warnings and statements about a police ...

Hundreds of heavily armed Brazilian police raided slum areas of Rio in a drug raid today, touching off firefights likened to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — They huddle in a tight circle, shaking seed-filled maracas and shuffling in time to a rhythm that has pulsed through their tribes for generations. The dancers raise their voices ...

Hundreds of heavily armed Brazilian police raided slum areas of Rio in a drug raid today, touching off firefights likened to scenes from a war and leaving at least 64 people dead, Brazilian officials ...

RIO de Janeiro’s cops herded criminals out of favelas and cornered them in the woods in an enormous anti-gang operation that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Like his house, Jose Santos de Oliveira is an island of resistance. The middle-aged gardener and his home stand amid the sea of rubble that remains of the slum community of ...