Brazil’s police operation on Rio FavelAvel gangs leaves at least 64 people dead

About 2,500 Brazilian police officers raided a major drug-trafficking ring in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and firing shots that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, four officials said.

The operation included officers in helicopters and decorated cars and aimed at the famous red order in the humble FavelAve at the bottom of the folaveno deconno de alemao and champions, police said.

The police operation is one of the most violent in Brazil’s recent history, with human rights groups demanding an investigation into the death.

The status of Rio’s Gov. Claudio Castro said in a video sent to X that the 60 suspects were “neutral” during the biggest attack in the city’s history. About 81 suspects were arrested, and 93 suspects and more than half of the drugs, said the State government, adding that those killed “resisted the action of the police.”

Police in Rio’s Civil’s Favolication told X that four police officers died in action on Tuesday. “Cowardly attacks on criminals against our suppliers will not go unpunished,” it said.

A related media reporter saw the bodies of at least two police officers among the 10 bodies that were brought to the Getulio Vargas Hospital in Penha.

The police took place ahead of Rio hosting the C40 Global Summit of Macking dealing with climate change next week. The program is part of the Run-up to Cop30, the United Nations Climate Summit held 10 days later in November in the Amazon city of Belem.

The raid targeted by the Red Command Gang

The United Nations’ Prient Head Sydic, said he was “shocked” by the deadly police operation, called for a successful investigation and reminded the authorities of their obligations under international human rights law.

The director of Chésar Muñoz, director of Human Rights Watch in Brazil, called the events of Tuesday “a great tragedy” and tragedy. “

“The Public Prosecutor’s Office must open its investigation and clarify the circumstances of each death,” Muñoz said in a statement.

Footage on social media showed fire and smoke coming from two fazelas as gunfire erupted. The Department of Education of the City said that 46 schools across the seas were closed, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro canceled classes at night and told people on campuses to seek shelter.

Members of the suspected gang blocked roads north and south-east of Rio in response to the attackers, local media said. At least 70 buses were assigned to be used in the blocks, which caused a lot of damage, said the city’s bus association Rio Onibus.

Tuesday’s operation followed a year-long investigation into the crime syndicate, police said.

Phice-Movembes Geraldo Alckmin and a number of teachers gathered in response to the performance on Tuesday afternoon. The Chief of Staff REI COSTA called for an urgent meeting in Rio on Wednesday, with him present and the Minister of Justice Ricardo Lewandowski.

Castro, from the Conservative who opposes the Liberal Party, said that the federal government should provide more in the fight against crime – a swipe at the administration of President LEW LULA DA Silva.

Gleisi Hoffmann, the LULA Administration’s liaison with Parliament, agreed that coordinated action was needed but pointed to the recent crackdown on money security as an example of the federal government’s action on state crime by organized crime.

Coming from prisons in Rio, the Red Command Command Climinal Clish Grading has increased its control in the FavelAvel in recent years.

Rio has been the scene of deadly police brutality for decades. In March 2005, 29 people were killed in Rio Fluminense in Rio’s Baixada district, and in May 2021, 28 were killed in Jacarezin Faavera.

‘These are war numbers’

While Tuesday’s police operation was similar to recent ones, its scale was unprecedented, said Luis Flavio Sapori, a sociologist and public security expert at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.

“What is different about today’s operation is the size of the victims. These are war numbers,” he said.

He pointed out that these types of operations do not work well because they do not take hold of masterminds, but instead aim at dealings that can be replaced later.

This is not a public safety policy. It is a policy of extermination, which makes the daily lives of black and poor people a Russian Roulette– Marielle Franco Institute

“It is not enough to go in, exchange guns, and leave. There is a lack of public security policy in Rio de Janeiro,” said Sapoli. “Some lower-ranking members of these groups were killed, but those people were quickly replaced by others.”

This work was also criticized by the Marielle Franco Institute, a benefit founded by the family of the Council who was killed in 2018, to continue the value of fighting for the rights of people living in FavelAsse.

“This is not a public safety policy. It is a policy of extermination, which makes the daily lives of black and poor people a Russian Roulette,” the statement said.