Both forces have tactical units, including the military police’s BOPE division, which has been involved in some of Brazil's ...

One BOPE officer was reportedly grazed by a bullet in the leg during a raid in the forest area of Complexo do Alemão. Governor Castro stressed that the figures released were preliminary as the ...

Hearing these frantic commands to “Go back! Turn around and go back!” come from exasperated faces up and down the mess of a road stopped me in my tracks. I was walking home from school on a road not ...

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Rio de Janeiro has officially inaugurated an elite pacifying police force (UPP) in Rocinha favela, the site of a power struggle by rival traffickers, just a week after a police officer was shot dead ...

Brazil’s elite military police are trying to build ties with communities and undo the harm done by officers who allegedly abused residents in Complexo da Mare, a favela which has not yet come under ...

They come bearing satellite TV. Brazil’s Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais, or BOPE, is an elite force of military police who often specialize in urban operations in Rio’s slums—or favelas. As ...

In a series of taps of phone calls and text messages obtained during an operation carried out in Rio de Janeiro by the Civil Police, sergeant Arlen Santos Silva negotiates with drug traffickers from ...

But in Brazil — specifically the largest slum, or favela, called Rocinha — this is a horrifying truth. As this new documentary — directed by Australia’s Dan Jackson — explains right off the top, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Barked commands and the thump of helicopter blades jolted Juliana out of bed early in the morning of April 3. Unease turned to fear when she saw it was no ordinary police ...

Brazilian police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that at least 22 people were killed during a raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Penha, in northern Rio de Janeiro. The tactical deployment started at ...