In Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s biggest and most iconic cities, the balance of power may be shifting from militias to one of the city’s oldest criminal groups. While fighting intensified in 2022, ...

At least 40 bodies have been lined up in the streets of Rio de Janeiro the day after a major clash between Brazilian police and the “Red Command” gang that left over 100 people dead, according to ...

With 26 reported dead, Rio de Janeiro's latest police raid was the 2nd deadliest in the city's history. Last week’s police raid in Rio de Janeiro, which left as many as 23 dead, marked yet another ...

At least 64 people have reportedly died following a police operation targeting a gang in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the police targeted the Red Command gang in Rio de Janeiro's ...

By 1985, the Red Command controlled roughly 70% of all drug-selling points in Rio — and the city’s deadly turf wars with other factions began. According to Márcio Sérgio Christino, a São Paulo state ...

At least 64 people have been killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police raid in history. Thousands of heavily armed officers stormed the favelas of Alemão and Penha, targeting the powerful Red ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.

eople stand next to the bodies with a sign that reads "Claudio Castro (Rio de Janeiro governor) assassin and terrorist" in the Penha neighborhood a day after a massive anti-gang police operation took ...