At least 132 people dead as Rio police raids sweep through city (only 5.24 years left)

NY Post ^ | 10/29/25 | Reuters

[Libloather]

The deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history killed at least 132 people, public defenders said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight, a week ahead of global climate events in the city.

State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang the day before had been planned exhaustively for more than two months, designed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where a special operations unit was waiting in ambush.

“The elevated lethality of the operation was expected but not desired,” Victor Santos, head of security for Rio state, told a news conference. Rio police officials confirmed 119 deaths so far, including four police officers.

Santos said there was no connection to global events Rio will host next week related to the United Nations COP30 climate summit, including the C40 global summit of mayors tackling climate change and British Prince William’s Earthshot Prize.

Rio has hosted several global events over the past decade, including the 2016 Olympics, the 2024 G20 summit and the BRICS summit in July, without violence on the scale seen on Tuesday.

The city’s most deadly police raid before Tuesday was a 2021 raid that left 28 people dead in the Jacarezinho neighborhood. In 1992, 111 were killed when Sao Paulo police stormed the Carandiru Penitentiary to put down a prison rebellion.

Residents of the Penha neighborhood in Rio gathered dozens of corpses from the surrounding forest overnight and lined up more than 70 of the bodies in the middle of a main street.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: brazil; crime; dead; gang; police; raids; rio

[Libloather]

Scientists say fewer people means less global warming. It's true.

[HYPOCRACY]

Hopefully the gang regroups and attacks the climate gang at their convention.

[tired&retired]

Will this work in New York City if the criminals (Democrats) are all driven into Central Park? 😁

[chuckee]

In the US criminals and their liberal supporters whine about not getting due process while in Brazil vicious criminals get all the process that is due them but it does not take place in a courtroom.

[JoJo354]

But wasn’t the President of Brazil complaining about President Trump’s use of force against drug runners in international waters??

[lee martell]

At least 132 people now DEAD after a drug bust in Brazil!
What an incredible event. They might want to relocate that upcoming convention. This is the first I’m hearing about it.
Maybe most of the world sees Brazil as a lower eschelon, back water, third world country, not so different than many areas of Africa, where it’s not uncommon to hear that scores of civilians have been suddenly wiped out due to some skirmish.

[unread]

"Brazil vicious criminals get all the process that is due them but it does not take place in a courtroom."

I'm of the opinion that selling drugs that kill people is indeed murder. If your killed on the streets while doing that, you got the justice you deserved...

[SMARTY]

Didn’t M’Hatma Gates say the ‘globalony’ shtick is bunk?

[metmom]

Preach it!

[OldHarbor]

British Prince William’s Earthshot Prize.

lol, the Prince acts as a game show host , awarding 1 million pounds each to five lucky winners

This year, Brazilian native Gisele Bündchen is joining the prize council, alongside broadcaster and conservationist Sir David Attenborough, actress Cate Blanchett, chef José Andrés and World Trade Organization director-general Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Princess Kate will not be in attendance.

[Steven Scharf]

What an incredible event. They might want to relocate that upcoming convention. This is the first I’m hearing about it.

The raid or the confernce? The raid just happened.

This neighborhood is likely far away from the confernce and attendees will be kept very safe in fancy hotels creating lots of carbon dioxide.

[ridesthemiles]

RAWHIDE: ROUND THEM UP-—DRIVE THEM INTO THE HILLS—AMBUSH THEM THERE.

GOOD PLAN !!!!