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An official displays seized weapons with gang insignia during a press conference, which the police said were captured during what was the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29, 2025. pREUTERS/Tita Barros. Photo: TBS

What is the Comando Vermelho gang targeted in the deadly Rio police raids?

The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of the country's oldest and most powerful criminal organizations, which dominates the drug trade in several cities

Residents surround the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Photo: AP

Protests erupt after Brazil police raid leaves 119 dead amid allegations of excessive force

A mourner kisses a covered body, the day after a deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Corpses line Rio street after Brazil's deadliest operation against drug gangs

Mourners react as people gather around bodies, the day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Corpses line Rio street, pushing death toll from police raids to 132

Suspected drug dealers sit on the ground after they were detained by members of the military police special unit, during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Aline Massuca

At least 64 killed in major Brazilian drugs raid

US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 26, 2025. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/Brazil Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

Brazilian President Lula says Trump 'guaranteed' trade deal with US

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meets Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on 13 October 2025. Photo: CA's Press Wing

Brazilian President Lula plans to visit Bangladesh

Soybeans are unloaded from a harvester on a farm in Brazil's southernmost state in Sarandi, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, April 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Diego Vara

Brazil's soybean exports to hit record as US out of market, Chinese demand strong

United States Department of State logo and US flag are seen in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US puts Brazil, South Africa on human trafficking watch list

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/AL DRAGO

Brazil's Lula announces $1 billion investment in global forest fund

Spix's macaws are seen in the new Conservation Center at Sao Paulo?s Zoo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Feathers fly in dispute over Ambani zoo's pursuit of rare parrot

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks to the media outside the hospital where his father was taken after feeling sick, according to him, following his sentencing last week by a Supreme Court panel to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's Bolsonaro taken to hospital after feeling sick: son

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as he awaits trial over an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil on 14 August 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

What next for Brazil's Bolsonaro after 27-year sentence for coup plot?