Rio De Janeiro: Just after midnight on October 28, a group of police officers were startled by roughly 20 armed men on motorcycles fleeing the Alemao favela, one of the headquarters of Rio de ...

RIO DE JANEIRO(AP) — Brazilian police raid on drug gang in Rio de Janeiro leaves at least 60 criminal suspects dead, state governor says.

Four police officers in Brazil have been removed from street duty as authorities investigate their involvement in a raid in Rio de Janeiro that resulted in the deaths of seven suspected drug ...

RIO DE JANEIRO(AP) — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left ...

RIO DE JANEIRO(AP) — Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four Brazilian police officers have been removed from street duty in an investigation into their involvement in a deadly raid in a low-income part of Rio de Janeiro that killed ...