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Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police raid left at least 64 dead as residents collected bodies in a central square and called it a massacre.

The operation involved 2,500 officers targeting the Red Command gang but drew international scrutiny over unprecedented lethality and potential excessive force.

Experts say such raids fail to curb organized crime, warning that gang structures will quickly rebuild within months of the operation.

RIO DE JANEIRO — After a massive police raid on a notorious drug gang, residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela spent all night collecting bodies in trucks from inside and around their urban community and then laying them down in a central square.

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