Overview
- The police offensive known as Operación Contención left more than 120 people dead and has kept Rio under intensified patrols.
- A TN journalist in Complexo do Alemão observed adolescents launching kites to signal patrol locations, after which officers withdrew.
- Detained Comando Vermelho leaders were transferred to the Bangu 1 maximum-security prison, while senior figure Edgar S. Doca da Penha Alves Andrade remains fugitive.
- The UN and other organizations called for an investigation, Governor Cláudio Castro defended the raid, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged coordinated action that protects innocents, and Congress is preparing a parliamentary inquiry.
- Argentina reinforced its border and police in Misiones detained three Brazilians from Rio suspected of ties to the group, with at least two carrying prior narcotics records.