The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning.

Brazil's Justice and Security Minister Ricardo Lewandowski and Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro announced on Wednesday the creation of an emergency office to tackle organized crime at a local level in a coordinated manner between the federal and state governments.

Rio de Janeiro: The death toll in the police raids on drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro have risen to 119, Al Jazeera reported, citing the Brazillian Police officers. The figure marks a sharp rise from the earlier reported toll of 64.

A vast operation targeting drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro has killed at least 64 people, including four police officers in what authorities described as the most lethal episode in the battle again

AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and soldiers stormed Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the city’s largest-ever anti-gang operation. Gun battles raged for

A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the deadliest police action in Rio de Janeiro's history.