One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...
to sweep away Rio de Janeiro’s criminal gangs. Operation Rio forces engaged in dozens of occupations—many lasting several days—of the favelas in the city of Rio as well as outlying areas ...
Prosecutors in Manhattan have charged the husband of a slain New York City art dealer in a murder-for-hire plot in Brazil.
Religion serves as a powerful organizing force for crime gangs in Brazil and much of Latin America, offering a mixture of ...
Federal government and Rio de Janeiro State authorities agreed last week to create a joint working group to target the cash flow of criminal rings operating in the area, Agencia Brasil reported.
A 51-year-old Argentine traveler who was mugged and shot in the head in a Rio de Janeiro favela on Dec ... controlled by the Comando Vermelho criminal group, at which time he was shot in the ...
In September 2024, Vida Livre Institute, a wildlife rescue center, received an unusual call from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden staff. They were sending over two monkeys who were behaving ...