Both forces have tactical units, including the military police’s BOPE division, which has been involved in some of Brazil's ...

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.

Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the ...

Behind the bronze, silver and gold curtain of the 2016 Olympics sits the favelas of Rio — neighborhoods stained by poverty, murder and gangs. More than 11,000 supreme athletes from across the world ...

Michael Jackson's politically intense video shoot in Brazil's Santa Marta favela came close to never happening — until gangs supposedly intervened to make it a reality. Jackson and his production team ...

Fran BLANDY Feb 13, 2025 Feb 13, 2025 Updated Feb 14, 2025 One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in the seaside city.

Brazilian soldiers were deployed to Rio de Janeiros crime-plagued Rocinha favela for the second consecutive day Wednesday to support police after shootouts between rival crime gangs. Heavily-armed ...

Residents protest after a police operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 6, 2021. Credit - Mauro Pimentel—AFP/Getty Images When Jair ...

Brazilian soldiers deployed Friday to help Rio de Janeiro police after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country's most heavily populated favela, spraying bullets in the built-up ...

Michael Jackson’s Brazil video shoot nearly collapsed in 1996 after officials blocked it, leading his team to rely on gang protection in the Santa Marta favela. Michael Jackson’s music often carried a ...