Overview
- Authorities report at least 132 people killed in the Oct. 28 incursion across the Alemão and Penha complexes, a deployment of roughly 2,500 agents in the state’s most lethal police action on record.
- Rio’s weapons unit said 118 firearms were seized, including 91 rifles, and confirmed a FAL rifle belonging to Argentina’s armed forces among guns also traced to Venezuela and Peru.
- Investigators in Argentina say the FAL may be tied to the 2011 theft of 43 rifles and 2,500 parts from Batallón 603 in Fray Luis Beltrán, a case revived in 2025 after years of inactivity.
- Residents and rights groups allege extrajudicial killings and abuse, with relatives reporting repression outside the city morgue as the UN and other organizations call for independent investigations.
- Key suspect Edgar “Doca” Alves Andrade remains at large, with a 100,000‑reais reward offered for information and no Interpol red notice issued at the time of reporting.