Comando Vermelho's ramifications all over South America are still unfathomable Indigenous communities in Peru's remote Yurúa district, on the border with Brazil, are raising a serious alarm over the ...

A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the ...

New details which have emerged in the aftermath of Brazil's deadliest police operation are casting doubts over whether the raid really struck at the heart of one of the country's most powerful ...

The homicide rate in Brazil, which is driven in part by violence between gangs, has fallen over the past decade. However, ...

The Rio de Janeiro state government launched Operation Containment on October 28, a large-scale and intense police raid targeting the notorious Comando Vermelho (Red Command) criminal faction in the ...

After the deadliest police operation ever carried out in Brazil, Catholic Church authorities spoke out in defense of the dignity of every human life, stressing that hatred and indifference will not ...

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The violent crackdown comes ahead of the United Nations COP30 climate summit in northern Brazil next week, with Rio hosting the associated C40 global gathering of mayors and the Earthshot Prize awards ...

The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of the country's oldest and ...

Oct. 31 (UPI) --Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has signed a decree designating Brazil's criminal groups Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, as terrorist organizations ...

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raids against a powerful drug gang in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The official ...

The raid targeted the Red Command gang in Alemão and Penha favelas, resulting in widespread gun battles and disruption AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and ...