Police in Rio de Janeiro freed two hostages including a child during a raid Thursday on a drug trafficking ring that prompted an intense shoot-out in a low-income neighborhood, leaving eight gang ...

At least three people were killed and more than 10 injured on Monday during a police raid targeting drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, state police said. Police said the three people killed were ...

Deadly police raids in Rio favelas leave 64 dead as authorities target Comando Vermelho gang amid drones, gunfire, and chaos.

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Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela spent all night collecting bodies from inside the urban community, bringing them down in trucks and lining them up next to one another on a central square.

More than 200 tourists were stranded atop Morro Dois Irmãos as authorities targeted alleged Comando Vermelho members in the Vidigal favela below More than 200 tourists were stranded atop a popular Rio ...