US EditionRio De Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation
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Rio de Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — October 28, 2025, will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in recent Brazilian history, especially for residents of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At least 121 people were killed in the deadliest police operation in the country’s history. Content advisory – descriptions of lethal police violence. The large-scale, multi-agency Operation Contenção, or Containment, was executed with over 2,500 police officers in the …
Brazilian Lawmaker From the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement Demands Investigation of “Planned Massacre” That Left 121 Dead
By Adele Robichez, José Eduardo Bernardes, and Larissa Bohrer – Oct 31, 2025 The lawmaker states that Governor Cláudio Castro’s operation was “a massacre carried out in secret” and calls for an independent forensic investigation State legislator Marina dos Santos of the MST, together with nine other opposition lawmakers, submitted a request to open a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate responsibility for “Operation Containm…
The images of a war in the heart of the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. These are the first videos released by the government of the state of Rio about the most lethal police operation in Brazil’s history. Last week, a police raid on the favelas of the Complexo do Alemão and the Complexo da Penha left a trail of 121 dead, including four policemen. According to the authorities, all the suspects killed were related to the Vermelho Commando, the most po…
The case has generated great controversy in Brazil and has led the UN and human rights organizations to call for independent investigations.
Rep. Renata Souza filed a request for a political trial against the president, accused of violating the rule of law during Operation Containment in the Penha and Alemão favelas.
All dead civilians were born in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The day and the average age of 28 years and 1/3 of n have a record of the name of the father. The half has at least one arrest warrant or, in the case of a minor age, search and open the. Read more (1/03/2025
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