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UN experts call for urgent reforms in Brazil against "racialized" police brutality following the killings of at least 23 Brazilians during police raids and checks.
Police say early-morning raid in Rio de Janeiro favela community aimed to capture leaders of drug-trafficking group.
Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Eleven people were shot dead in a slum on the north side of Rio de Janeiro early on Tuesday during a police raid to capture heads of a drug-trafficking organization, police said.
Rio de Janeiro, May 24 (EFE).- A police raid targeting alleged drug traffickers linked to a powerful criminal gang left at least 21 dead in this southeastern Brazilian metropolis on Tuesday, a year after a similar law-enforcement operation resulted in 28 deaths. Military Police officers entered the Penha favela (shantytown) complex in northern Rio de …