Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has designated Brazil's criminal groups Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, ...

The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids ...

Indigenous communities on the remote border between Peru and Brazil are alarmed over the growing presence of Brazil's Comando ...

The U.S. expressed condolences to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state for the four police officers killed in a raid that left over ...

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña on Thursday ordered the deployment of troops towards the Brazilian border amid fears that ...

Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to disrupt the criminal network Comando Vermelho, but with 132 dead ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command ...

A recent report from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found a link between Brazil's infamous Comando Vermelho group's gun supply and Paraguay. Arms legally imported to that country end up in ...

Explainer-What Is the Comando Vermelho Gang Targeted in the Deadly Rio Police Raids? By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 ...

From the bustling streets of Belém to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, organized crime is spreading fast across northern ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

People cry on a street where bodies are gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The police operation launched a day before was the deadliest in the Brazilian city's history. Photo by Antonio Lacerda, ...