Bloody police raid in Brazil leaves at least 25 dead Credit: Share Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here. Police in a Rio de Janeiro slum engaged in an hourslong gunbattle Thursday targeting drug traffickers and leading to the death of at least 25 people, including one officer. The raid in the Rio de Janeiro Jacarezinho favela in the north of the city, which police authorities say was the result of a “long and detailed” investigation, targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, criminal organization. Human rights activists accused the police of using excessive force, and called the raid one of the deadliest in Rio de Janeiro's history. Critics of the raid are also asking why the raid occured in the first place after a Supreme Court ban on law enforcement raids in the city during the pandemic.