A recent report from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found a link between Brazil's infamous Comando Vermelho group's gun supply and Paraguay. Arms legally imported to that country end up in ...

A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the ...

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Explainer-What Is the Comando Vermelho Gang Targeted in the Deadly Rio Police Raids? By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 ...

After the deadliest police operation ever carried out in Brazil, Catholic Church authorities spoke out in defense of the dignity of every human life, stressing that hatred and indifference will not ...

Oct. 31 (UPI) --Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has signed a decree designating Brazil's criminal groups Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, as terrorist organizations ...

The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of the country's oldest and ...

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raids against a powerful drug gang in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The official ...

The raid targeted the Red Command gang in Alemão and Penha favelas, resulting in widespread gun battles and disruption AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and ...