Rio De Janeiro: The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil’s history killed at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight.

State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang had been planned exhaustively for more than two months, and were designed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where a special operations unit was waiting in ambush.

“The elevated lethality of the operation was expected but not desired,” Victor Santos, head of security for Rio state, told a news conference. He also promised an investigation into any police “misconduct.” Show Full Article

Rio police confirmed 121 deaths so far, including four officers. Public defenders said the final count w

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