The Red Command set up barricades with burning tires and torched two buses in the Penha favelas. On Tuesday, Brazilian police launched a major operation in Rio de Janeiro targeting leaders of the “Red Command” (Comando Vermelho, CV), one of the country’s most powerful drug trafficking gangs. RELATED: Brazil: Mato Grosso Police Attack Indigenous People […]

On Tuesday, Military Police eliminated seven people and injured five during a large-scale dragnet to capture the leaders of a criminal network in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. RELATED:  Confirmed Sixth Death by Dengue This Year in Rio de Janeiro Authorities made five arrests and seized a substantial amount of drugs in the operation […]