132 Dead in Rio's Deadliest Drug Raid: Residents Allege Mass Executions as Police Target Red Command

Oct 30, 2025 12:12 am CST

Rio de Janeiro's public defender's office confirms 132 fatalities in Brazil's deadliest anti-drug operation targeting the Red Command gang. Residents claim many victims were executed, showing evidence of headshots and restraints, while authorities defend the raid as a response to "narcoterrorism." The UN has called for swift investigations into the incident that has transformed Rio's favelas into what local officials describe as a "theater of war."