At least 64, including four police officers, were killed in a massive police raid Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro against Comando Vermelho (“Red Command”), one of the country’s deadliest drug-trafficking gangs.

“Operation Containment,” described by Rio Governor Cláudio Castro as the biggest operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro, is the deadliest in the Brazilian city to date. The operation involved approximately 2,500 law enforcement agents from different branches executing hundreds of arrest warrants and search and seizure warrants at Complexo do Alemão and Penha , two favelas in northern Rio, with the intent to crack down on the ongoing…

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