Pop culture is filled with images of Rio de Janeiro, and while the Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvelous City) certainly lives up to its name, movies and song lyrics rarely capture the real reasons why. Yes, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday morning. The operation began ...

Grieving families have been mourning dozens of people killed during a lethal police operation against gang members in Rio de Janeiro, days before Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit. Local officials ...

Grieving residents laid out dozens of bodies in Rio de Janeiro's streets as the new death toll was announced, with some angry residents accusing the police of execution-style killings. "The most ...

About 2,500 police and soldiers in Brazil launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history killed at least 132 people, public defenders said Oct. 29, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found ...

The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. The bodies ...

At least 64 people have been killed after police in Rio de Janeiro carried out a deadly raid days before the city hosts events linked to COP30. Officers targeted alleged drug kingpins in the Comando ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro and arrested 80 suspects Tuesday while sparking shootouts that left ...

At least 64 people, including four police officers, have been killed in a law enforcement operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to local media reports. On Tuesday, Governor Claudio Castro ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian police ...