Rio de Janeiro, May 24 (EFE).- A police raid targeting alleged drug traffickers linked to a powerful criminal gang left at least 21 dead in this southeastern Brazilian metropolis on Tuesday, a year after a similar law-enforcement operation resulted in 28 deaths. Military Police officers entered the Penha favela (shantytown) complex in northern Rio de …
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In a major operation to push back against gangs, about 1,200 Brazilian military police were deployed to a neighborhood as part of a project to "change the lives of the people."