At least 11 dead in Brazilian police raid in favela: Authorities
Police say early-morning raid in Rio de Janeiro favela community aimed to capture leaders of drug-trafficking group.
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Police say early-morning raid in Rio de Janeiro favela community aimed to capture leaders of drug-trafficking group.
An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left 21 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city's history.
Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history
Military police said they came under gun fire as they planned to enter a slum called Vila Cruzeiro in the north of the city with the mission of locating and arresting 'criminal leaders.'
A police raid in a Rio favela early Tuesday left 11 people dead, authorities in the Brazilian city said.