Overview
- Rio state authorities say Operação Contenção in the Complexos do Alemão and da Penha left 121 dead, including four police officers, and targeted the Comando Vermelho.
- Police reported seizing 118 firearms—91 rifles, 26 pistols and one revolver—plus 14 explosive devices, with drug tallies still being finalized.
- On Instagram, Oruam criticized the media and security policy, saying that “matar bandido” is what sells and that crime exists in government as well as in favelas.
- The rapper, son of imprisoned CV figure Marcinho VP, also described the action as the biggest massacre in Rio’s history, according to outlets that reported his remarks.
- His comments drew political reactions, including proposals dubbed a “Lei Anti-Oruam” to bar public funding for artists accused of glorifying trafficking, while left-wing lawmakers denounced the operation and right-wing legislators defended it.