Overview
- Officials report 132 dead, including four police officers, 113 detained, and a large haul seized that includes 91 rifles, 14 explosives and over a ton of drugs.
- Human-rights organizations, including the UN and Human Rights Watch, called for impartial investigations as relatives protesting outside the judicial morgue were dispersed with batons and tear gas.
- A document reported by Folha de S. Paulo indicates Comando Vermelho leaders were warned about the operation roughly four hours before it began, prompting inquiries into a possible leak.
- Among the weapons recovered, police identified an Argentine FAL rifle, reinforcing concerns over transnational arms trafficking into Brazil.
- The operation, dubbed Operação Contenção, deployed about 2,500 BOPE, Military and Civil Police officers, while key target Edgard ‘Doca da Penha’ Alves de Andrade has not been captured.