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Leak Exposed Rio Raid Hours Early, Leaving 132 Dead in City’s Deadliest Police Operation

Confirmation of the leak intensifies pressure on Rio’s leaders, with courts and rights groups demanding answers.

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La playa de Ipanema, uno de los atractivos de Río de Janeiro
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Relatives look at the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025..(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Overview

  • Folha de S.Paulo confirmed police knew their plan had been leaked about four hours before the raid, and an initial clash erupted around 1 a.m. in Del Castilho.
  • The official operation began at 6 a.m. with roughly 2,500 officers, resulting in 132 deaths and 81 arrests, including four fallen officers identified by authorities.
  • Police officials said BOPE formed a “human wall” to encircle suspects in the Serra da Misericórdia, a hard‑to‑access zone used by traffickers.
  • State authorities transferred senior Comando Vermelho figures to maximum‑security prisons, while fugitive leader Edgar Alves Andrade, known as Doca da Penha or Urso, remains at large.
  • UN bodies and human rights groups condemned the toll as Brazil’s Supreme Court set a hearing with the governor and police chiefs, and reports said the rival Third Pure Command attacked Comando Vermelho members during the chaos.