Police Operation in Rio de Janeiro Leaves at Least 25 Dead
Police officials and human rights activists called Thursday’s operation in a district controlled by drug traffickers the deadliest in the city’s history.
Police officers during an operation against drug traffickers on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.Credit...Andre Coelho/EPA, via Shutterstock
May 6, 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO — A police operation targeting drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday morning left at least 25 people dead, including a police officer, in an operation that officials and human rights activists called the deadliest in the city’s history.
The gun battle in Jacarezinho, a poor and working-class district controlled by the drug gang known as Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, also wounded at least two subway passengers who were struck as their train was caught in the crossfire.