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Rio Raid Prompts Protests as Forensic Identifications Reach 99

Brazil's top court set a Nov. 3 hearing to press Rio authorities for full details of the operation.

Overview

  • Police report 121 dead, including four officers, while the Public Defender's office says the toll is 132.
  • Rio's forensic institute says all autopsies are complete, 99 victims have been identified, 89 bodies were released to families, and reports are due in 10–15 business days.
  • The operation deployed about 2,500 police and soldiers against the Comando Vermelho in Penha and Alemão, with 133 people detained and 93 rifles seized.
  • Demonstrators in Vila Cruzeiro denounced the raid as a massacre and called for Governor Cláudio Castro's resignation, citing alleged torture and extrajudicial killings.
  • State authorities say 78 of the identified dead had criminal records and 42 had outstanding warrants, while O Globo reported none of the 99 identified were formally charged in the case that underpinned the raid.