A Bend in the Rio
“Thursday’s raid in Jacarezinho, one of the city’s largest slums known as favelas, was carried out by about 200 police officers and included an armoured helicopter with a sniper. The area is dominated by Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations.” Brazil violence: Rio police accused by residents of abuses in raid. “The deadliest police operation in the city’s history has left 25 dead.”