The police consider Jacarezinho to be one of the group’s headquarters. Silvia Izquierdo/AP At least one officer and 24 suspects died after being shot during the operation in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho favela. They said the criminal gang has a “warlike structure of soldiers equipped with rifles, grenades, bulletproof vests, pistols, camouflaged clothing and other military accessories”. The Candido Mendes University’s Public Safety Observatory said that at least 12 police operations in Rio state this year have resulted in three or more deaths. Silvia Izquierdo/AP Blood covers the floor of a home during a police operation targeting drug traffickers.