- A massive police operation in Rio de Janeiro targeting the Comando Vermelho gang killed at least 132 people, including four police officers, with more than 81 arrests reported.
- Authorities said the two-day operation involved 2,500 officers, helicopters, armored vehicles, and drones.
- Governor Claudio Castro defended the raid as a success against “narcoterrorism,” claiming all those killed were armed criminals.
- Residents displayed dozens of corpses on the streets to protest what they called a massacre, with reports of executions, torture, and mutilation.
- Brazil’s Supreme Court and federal prosecutors demanded detailed reports and autopsy documentation for all victims.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned the violence, calling for coordinated strategies to fight organized crime without endangering civilians.
Rio de Janeiro’s Deadliest Police Raid Leaves Over 130 Dead
