RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Just after midnight on October 28, a group of police officers were startled by roughly 20 armed men on motorcycles fleeing the Alemão favela, one of the headquarters ...

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This latest operation must be under­stood in the context of Brazil’s general elections in October 2026. Castro, the governor, aspires to become a senator or perhaps even run for the presidency. And in ...

Police allegedly decapitated a teen gangster and hung his head from a tree as a warning after a bloody gang crackdown in Brazil ahead of next month’s flagship COP30 Climate Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be ...

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police on Friday served search and seizure warrants against Rio de Janeiro state's pension fund in the latest development tied to the ...

BRASILIA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police arrested on Thursday a suspect with ties to Islamic State accused of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms ...

Brazil’s Federal Police allege former President Jair Bolsonaro embezzled jewelry worth 6.8 million Brazilian reals (about $1.2 million) during his time in office, according to the investigative report ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said Wednesday that one of the two suspects behind a brazen daylight robbery over the weekend in Sao Paulo remained at large following a heist that included ...

SAO PAULO(AP) — Brazilian police launched Thursday a police operation to dismantle a major tax evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector. The group under investigation is the country’s ...