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At Least 132 Killed in Major Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro<\/strong><\/p>\n A tragic police operation in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday has left at least 132 people dead, including four police officers. This event marks one of the deadliest police actions in Brazil’s history. Reports indicate that the raid targeted drug gangs in the city’s favelas, areas long dominated by organized crime.<\/p>\n Authorities aimed to dismantle the notorious Comando Vermelho (Red Command) group, which controls significant territories in Rio. While the state governor, Cl\u00e1udio Castro, initially reported a confirmed toll of 58 deaths, he acknowledged that this number could rise as forensic work continues.<\/p>\n The operation saw the involvement of around 2,500 security personnel, focusing on arresting drug traffickers. Governor Castro stated that the raid had been in planning for over two months, based on a year-long investigation. He expressed condolences for the fallen officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.<\/p>\n During the raid, it was alleged that gang members used drones to drop explosives on the police. “This reveals the scale of the threat we face; this isn\u2019t just regular crime\u2014this is narco-terrorism,” Castro said.<\/p>\n Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva expressed his shock at the high number of casualties and noted that he was not informed about the raid beforehand. Following the operation, authorities reported that 113 people were arrested, along with the seizure of 91 rifles, 29 handguns, 14 explosive devices, and a ton of cocaine.<\/p>\n The deadly raid has sparked renewed discussions in Brazil regarding police methods, human rights concerns, and the ongoing challenge of controlling powerful gangs in impoverished neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Least 132 Killed in Major Police Raid in Rio de Janeiro A tragic police operation in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday has left at least 132 people dead, including four police officers. This event marks one of the deadliest police actions in Brazil’s history. Reports indicate that the raid targeted drug gangs in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1914,19178,21105],"class_list":["post-20053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-news","tag-brazil","tag-crime-world","tag-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}