The raid against the Red Command drug trafficking gang saw thousands of officers battle heavily armed men who dropped ...

Brazil’s deadliest police raid left 132 dead in Rio de Janeiro as officers clashed with gangs using drones and explosives in ...

A state police operation targeting a major drug gang in Brazil has resulted in the deaths of 132 people in low-income ...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to ...

The Prince of Wales has criticised criminals involved in the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, during a speech in Rio ...

At least 121 people were killed in Brazil in the deadliest police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in ...

Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to disrupt the criminal network Comando Vermelho, but with 132 dead ...

The violent raids have sparked intense gun battles, with gangs deploying drones against cops in retaliation. At least four ...

President Lula said he has instructed the minister of justice and the director-general of the federal police to go to Rio for ...

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

Indigenous communities on the remote border between Peru and Brazil are alarmed over the growing presence of Brazil's Comando ...