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The Rio de Janeiro public defender’s office on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) said a total of 132 people died in the bloodiest police raid against drug gangs in the Brazilian city’s history, as grieving residents laid out dozens of bodies in the street. “The most recent update is 132 dead,” the Rio state public defender’s…
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Swiped off: Rubble of houses destroyed by landslips following heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil, on March 23. | Photo Credit: AFP Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock on March 24 to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least 20 people. With more rain predicted…
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Elite police walk through a bus terminal where police say a gunman wounded two people and took 17 others hostage aboard a bus, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian police said on March 12 they released 17 hostages from a gunman that took over a crowded bus…
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