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

A state police operation targeting a major drug gang in Brazil has resulted in the deaths of 132 people in low-income ...

Andre Dread was on his rounds handing out food parcels to poor families in City of God, one of Brazil's most notorious slums, in May when the familiar sound of gunfire from a police raid sent him ...

People led large public protests and asked for the removal of Rio’s governor following the deadly and alarming massacre that ...

The violent raids have sparked intense gun battles, with gangs deploying drones against cops in retaliation. At least four ...

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

Brazilian security forces have occupied a Rio de Janeiro favela in a bid to remove drug gangs from the city ahead of the World Cup this summer. In a dawn raid on Sunday, police swarmed the Mare slum, ...

The government of Brazil sent 3,000 troops into Rocinha, the hillside shanty town overlooking Rio de Janeiro, in an effort to drive out crime and violence in advance of the 2014 World Cup. They ...

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

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

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death. Rio de Janeiro's police department says officer ...