Brazil's Deadliest Police Raid: 119 Killed in Rio as Mother Claims Teen Son Was Executed

Oct 30, 2025 12:58 pm CST

In Brazil's deadliest police operation, 119 people died during raids targeting the Comando Vermelho drug gang in Rio's favelas. Among the victims was 19-year-old Iago Ravel, whose mother claims he was brutally executed by security forces. While Governor Castro defends the operation as successful against "narcoterrorists," families search for missing loved ones and UN human rights officials demand an investigation into the unprecedented violence.