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Rio De Janeiro

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Oct 29 • 6 months ago

‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid

Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assaultDay had yet to break over Vila Cruzeiro but already dozens of corpses were splayed out along the f...

theguardian.com1 min read

Oct 28 • 6 months ago

Brazil: at least 64 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised dronesAt least 64 people have reportedly been killed in Rio’s worst...

theguardian.com1 min read

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