(SpotNews) BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-POLICE OPERATION-AFTERMATH

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30 Oct 2025, 17:45 GMT+10

(251030) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers remove the bodies of suspected criminals after a police operation in the Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 29, 2025. At least 119 people were killed in a massive police operation targeting an organized criminal ring in Brazil's second largest city Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Wednesday.

The large-scale raid was launched Tuesday against members of the Comando Vermelho gang in the Alemao and Penha favelas in the northern part of the city, the Rio de Janeiro state government said.

At a press conference, Rio state's civil police secretary Felipe Curi revised the death toll from an initially reported 128 to 119, including 115 suspected criminals and four police officers. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

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