At least 25 people died and four others were injured during a civil police operation in northern Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, in what experts call the “most lethal” law enforcement incursion in the city’s history. Since the early hours of the morning, residents of the Jacarezinho favela reported hearing intense gunfire and seeing an estimated 200 heavily armed members of Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police storm the neighborhood, which is known as a stronghold of the Red Command organized crime group.
Current reports have the death toll at 25, including one police officer. Four individuals were injured, two of...
