Overview
- Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski and Federal Police director Luis Alejandro Rolle were directed to travel to Rio to meet Governor Cláudio Castro.
- Lula said Brazil needs coordinated work to reach the “backbone” of narcotrafficking without risking police, children, and innocent families.
- Reports put deaths from Operación Contención at roughly 120 to 132, with casualty counts and details of the targets disputed.
- Some coverage says the operation initially targeted the Comando Vermelho, while the governor lauded the action as a success and was quoted saying the only four victims were police.
- The president cited an August federal action he described as the country’s largest against organized crime, emphasizing efforts to strike gangs’ financial networks.