At least 25 people were killed in a violent police operative in Rio de Janeiro's Jacarezinho favela yesterday -- activists say the raid, carried out by 200 heavily armed civil police officers, is the city's deadliest ever. "Even in a city long accustomed to extraordinary police violence, where authorities frequently wage warlike operations inside neighborhoods under the control of criminal organizations, the death toll was shocking," reports the
25 dead in Rio police favela raid (May 7, 2021)
25 dead in Rio police favela raid (May 7…
25 dead in Rio police favela raid (May 7, 2021)
At least 25 people were killed in a violent police operative in Rio de Janeiro's Jacarezinho favela yesterday -- activists say the raid, carried out by 200 heavily armed civil police officers, is the city's deadliest ever. "Even in a city long accustomed to extraordinary police violence, where authorities frequently wage warlike operations inside neighborhoods under the control of criminal organizations, the death toll was shocking," reports the