A large-scale police raid on a drug-trafficking network in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday triggered intense shootouts, leaving at ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid on a notorious drug gang in Rio de Janeiro rose Wednesday to 119 killed, including four policemen, Brazilian police said.

Brazilian police say the death toll in a massive raid on a notorious drug gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to 119 killed, ...

Several civil society groups and public security experts criticized the heavy casualties of the military-style raid.

The deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history has killed at least 132 people, officials say after Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses collected overnight, a week ahead ...