RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian authorities arrested five police officers accused of trying to resell a rifle seized during a raid that left 122 dead last month in Rio de Janeiro, the state's ...

Five Brazilian police officers were arrested for attempting to resell a seized rifle from a raid where 122 were killed, ...

The plot was led by former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.Brazil' s Supreme Court sentenced three soldiers and a federal ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police confirmed on Saturday that another officer wounded in Brazil’s deadliest anti-drug operation has died, bringing the number of police fatalities to ...

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison for attempting a coup and plotting to kill President ...

By Luciana Magalhaes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Distant gunfire rang out as Douglas da Silva dropped off a food delivery on ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be ...

By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The governor of Rio de Janeiro has touted the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history as a success, but none of the ...

(CNN) — At least 64 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, security officials told CNN Brasil. Among the dead are four Brazilian police ...

(CNN) — At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian ...