Rio de Janeiro: A large-scale police operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro has left at least 64 people dead in what authorities and rights groups are calling one of the deadliest crackdowns in the city’s history. The operation, which began early Monday in the northern favela complexes of Alemão and Penha, targeted members of the powerful Comando Vermelho (Red Command) gang.

More than 2,500 officers from civil and military police forces, supported by armored vehicles and helicopters, took part in the raid. Police said the operation was aimed at dismantling major drug networks responsible for violence, extortion, and arms trafficking across the city. Officials also confirmed that four police officers were among the dead, and over 80 people were arrested. A large number of we

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