Brazilian police say that raid in Rio de Janeiro targeted a leader of Red Command, a powerful criminal group.

A police raid in a Rio de Janeiro favela has left at least eight people dead. Police say seven of those killed in the police operation are presumed drug-traffickers.

A police operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas led to the deaths of eight individuals, including a drug boss, prompting violent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents recover around 70 bodies in the woods of the Penha Complex, in the northern part of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, one day ...

Rio hosted a record 10,930 days of filming in 2025, said Leonardo Edde, president director of RioFilme, during Brazil’s Audiovisual and Tourism Forum.

Four Brazilian police officers have been removed from street duty amid an investigation into a raid in Rio de Janeiro that left seven suspected drug traffickers and one resident dead.

Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys.