A police raid that led to violent clashes with a gang in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, resulted in at least 119 deaths, public defenders said on Wednesday, a day after the government ordered the operation.

(CNN) — Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent ...

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 ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be ...

World News Behind Rio’s deadly raid: Brazil’s billion-dollar criminal networks (CNN) — Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 ...