Overview
- At least 132 people, including four police officers, were killed in the operation, according to Rio de Janeiro’s public defenders’ office, and families have begun burying the dead.
- About 2,500 police and soldiers targeted the Red Command in the Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha favelas, drawing gunfire and retaliation that spread chaos across Rio.
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes scheduled a hearing for Monday with the governor and the heads of the military and civil police after prosecutors and lawmakers demanded detailed information.
- Rio state officials defended the raid as a successful offensive in a war against narco-terrorism, while Human Rights Minister Macaé Evaristo called it a failure and a tragedy.
- Residents and activists accuse police of excessive force, torture and extrajudicial killings, and the U.N. and human-rights groups are pressing for an independent investigation.