A woman draped in a Brazilian flag marked with fake blood stains protests, the day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 29 ...
Criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and are now operating in nearly half of the region’s municipalities, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent ...
A recent and extremely deadly anti-gang raid in Rio de Janeiro underscores both the escalating firepower of Brazil’s gangs and the growing challenge authorities face as criminal groups diversify their ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents recover around 70 bodies in the woods of the Penha Complex, in the northern part of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, one day ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil’s history killed at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a ...