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Follow RT on A massive police operation in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho slums resulted in the death of two dozen suspected criminals, one officer, and several injured police and civilians – including subway passengers caught in the crossfire. More than 200 Brazilian police officers raided the third-largest favela in Rio, home to over 60,000 residents, on Thursday morning. Local media reported heavy gunfire and explosions in Jacarezinho, and spoke of rifle-armed militants jumping acr...

The death sentences of Bruno Barros, 29, and his nephew Yan Barros, 19, were signed on April 26 in the supermarket Atakadão Atakarejo. The pair tried to steal four trays of meat and were caught in the act, and staff did not hesitate to hand the two men over to a notorious criminal gang, who tortured and murdered them. Their bodies were left in the trunk of a car, echoing the words of Brazilian artist Elza Soares on her 2002 album Do Cóccix Ate o Pescoço: “The cheapest meat in the...

It would be one of his last acts. About 30 minutes later, witnesses say a small group of police special forces appeared outside on Saint Manuel lane, a narrow alleyway at the heart of Jacarezinho, one of the city’s largest favelas. Rifles raised, they advanced up two flights of stairs to Luciana’s door. One barged inside, pursuing the injured – and apparently unarmed man – into her nine-year-old daughter’s pink-walled bedroom, where a sign above the bed reads: “Her...

Rio de Janeiro: UN calls for probe into deadliest police raid The United Nations has called for a probe into one of the deadliest police raids in Brazils Rio de Janeiro which killed 28 people. The United Nations is amongst some of the organisations that have called for a probe into one of the deadliest police raids that took place on Thursday, 6 May in Rio de Janeiro. A police raid in Jacarezinho, one of largest slums known as favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil led to the death of 28 people in...

Published on: Saturday, May 08, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: Residents protest after a police operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO: A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela has left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups. A policeman was among those killed in the early morning raid on Jacarezinho,...

2021-05-07 00:05:30 GMT2021-05-07 08:05:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 people were killed and another five injured on Thursday in an intense shootout in northern Rio de Janeiro between police and suspected drug traffickers. According to the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police, one police officer died as a result of the shootout, while the other 24 people killed were allegedly members of a criminal organization that dominates the Jacarezinho favela. ...

A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro favela Thursday left at least 24 suspects and a policeman dead, Brazilian media reports said. The early-morning raid turned the impoverished neighbourhood of Jacarezinho, on Rios north side, into a battlefield, with residents posting videos on social media of explosions, heavy gunfire and helicopters hovering overhead. Large groups of police could be seen streaming into the favela as frightened residents tentatively went ab...

The death toll means it was the deadliest police operation in the history, according to investigators. Residents reported seeing corpses lying on the pavement in pools of blood, and numerous bodies being taken out in an armored police vehicle. Police said the operation targeted a gang suspected of recruiting children and teenagers for drug trafficking, robberies, assaults and murders. A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela on Thursday left 25 people dead, turn...

Rio de Janeiro: Deadly police raid leaves 25 people dead Rio de Janeiros deadliest police raid in history left 25 people dead, including one police officer, on Thursday. A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela Thursday left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups. A policeman was among those killed in the early morning raid on Jacarezinho, on Rio’s north side, where r...

May 07, 2021   Tatjana Muskiet The United Nations human rights office has strongly criticised a police raid against suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, amid allegations of abuse and extrajudicial executions. The deadliest police operation in the city’s history has left 25 dead, including a police officer. Residents say police killed suspects who wanted to surrender and entered homes without a warrant. Police have denied any wrongdoing, saying officer...