Overview
- Officials report 121 dead and 81 detained after the BOPE‑led incursion in the Alemão and Penha complexes, with four police officers among the victims identified.
- A Folha-cited document indicates Comando Vermelho leaders learned of the plan about four hours in advance, with early clashes reported near Del Castilho as suspects tried to escape.
- Human-rights groups and local media describe signs consistent with executions, including gunshot wounds to the neck and tied hands, fueling demands for accountability.
- Governor Cláudio Castro and allied leaders announced a Rio-based “consorcio de paz” to share intelligence, equipment and personnel, as the federal government set up a joint office and Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes opened an inquiry, according to Clarín.
- An Argentine security memo obtained by TN lists 28 presumed members of Brazilian gangs in Argentina—14 in federal prisons and 14 at liberty—highlighting transnational expansion concerns.