Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has designated Brazil's criminal groups Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, ...

Protesters marched in Vila Cruzeiro, where days earlier residents laid out dozens of bodies of people killed by police.

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

Rio de Janeiro authorities launched a massive police raid against the Comando Vermelho criminal faction. The operation, named ...

A recent report from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found a link between Brazil's infamous Comando Vermelho group's gun supply and Paraguay. Arms legally imported to that country end up in ...

The aftermath of Brazil's deadliest police operation, targeting the Comando Vermelho gang, has led to widespread protests.

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raid ...

Rio de Janeiro: At least 64 people, including four police officers, were killed in a large-scale security operation targeting ...

Authorities confiscated more than $2 million worth of weapons during a recent anti-drug raid in Rio de Janeiro, the deadliest in Brazil's history, the state government said Saturday.

Families in Rio de Janeiro have begun burying victims of the city’s deadliest gang raid. Residents in the Vila Cruzeiro ...

Following the bloodiest police operation in the history of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, the police have identified nine out of 117 dead as suspected leaders of drug gangs. However, they said ...