The number of people known to have been killed in a deadly police raid in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday has risen to 132, officials say.
This is more than double the figure cited after the police operation in the favelas (poor neighbourhoods) of Alemão and Penha, in the north of Rio de Janeiro, on Tuesday.
The public defender's office, which provides legal assistance to the poor, made the new death toll public after grieving residents lay dozens of bodies in a square early on Wednesday.
The police raid was the deadliest in the city, where authorities have for decades tried to contain the gangs which control many of its poorer neighbourhoods.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8x155engwpo
https://brazil.liveuamap.com/en/2025/28-october-20-a-massive-police-raid-targeting-organized-crime
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https://dadosderiscos.com.br/mapa-areas-dominadas-por-faccoes-crime-traficorj/
That's so sad! 132 lives lost aaah! unimaginable
Yeah, it's a staggering number
Wow! No due process? Well us Americans are blowing up fishing boats carrying drugs so we have no moral high ground
Legal process? Forget about it. I don't think you get how the favelas run with those gangs in charge. It's kinda like the Italian Mafia that used to be in the States, but way more violent. I'm sure there are some innocent people among the dead, but most of 'em were just ruthless criminals.
Even criminals should have due process right?
The ones who survive are gonna have due process. What happens is, the cops roll up to arrest them and they get met with bullets. Then you get all this stuff you're seeing.
Es muy triste que muchos delincuentes se aprovechan de la situación decadente de los pobres para avasallarlos, estás personas sufren más debido a la extorsión de las pandillas el miedo los suele colapsar mentalmente, al final terminamos siempre siendo esclavos de alguien la libertad es efímera mientras otras personas dominan nuestra vida social, desdé Cuba un reprimido más.
I'd read there was violence in Brazil, but 132 in a single raid? Damn. Not all police shootings either, apparently the gangs dropped explosives from drones