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[[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)|Ministry of Justice and Public Security]] [[Ricardo Lewandowski]] said the federal government had not received any request for support from state authorities prior to the operation.<ref name=ap>{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Eléonore |last2=español |first2=DIARLEI RODRIGUES Leer en |date=2025-10-28 |title=Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest |url=https://apnews.com/article/brazil-police-operation-favelas-25d6122a15c261b9b1275a7b2f361393 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> |
[[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)|Ministry of Justice and Public Security]] [[Ricardo Lewandowski]] said the federal government had not received any request for support from state authorities prior to the operation.<ref name=ap>{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Eléonore |last2=español |first2=DIARLEI RODRIGUES Leer en |date=2025-10-28 |title=Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest |url=https://apnews.com/article/brazil-police-operation-favelas-25d6122a15c261b9b1275a7b2f361393 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> |
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[Secretariat of Institutional Affairs|Secretary of Institutional Affairs]] [[Gleisi Hoffmann]] Gleisi Hoffmann, the Lula administration’s liaison with parliament, agreed on the necessity for coordinated actions but cited a recent federal crackdown on money laundering as proof of the government’s efforts against organized crime.<ref name=r /> |
[Secretariat of Institutional Affairs|Secretary of Institutional Affairs]] [[Gleisi Hoffmann]] Gleisi Hoffmann, the Lula administration’s liaison with parliament, agreed on the necessity for coordinated actions but cited a recent federal crackdown on money laundering as proof of the government’s efforts against organized crime.<ref name=r /> |
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César Muñoz, director of [[Human Rights Watch]] in Brazil, classified the event as “a huge tragedy” and “disaster”.<ref name=r /> |
César Muñoz, director of [[Human Rights Watch]] in Brazil, classified the event as “a huge tragedy” and “disaster”.<ref name=r /> |
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Revision as of 01:04, 29 October 2025
Raids against criminal organizations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On October 28, 2025, a large-scale police operation was launched in the Penha and Alemão complexes, as a part of Operation Containment — initiative by the Rio de Janeiro State Government aimed at curbing the advance of the Comando Vermelho faction. Approximately 2,500 agents participated in the operation. Its aim was to execute hundreds of warrants and capture group leaders in 26 communities in the North Zone.[1][2]
During the day, there was intense confrontations, with barricades and the use of drones by criminals to launch explosives at special forces teams.[3] The operation resulted in prisons and large-scale seizures, including more than 75 rifles, making it the deadliest police operation in the state’s history, surpassing the Jacarezinho Massacre.[4][5]
Operation
The operations was launched in early morning to execute around 100 arrest warrants. The teams that arrived at the locations in the early hours of the 28th faced strong retaliation from drug traffickers, who quickly erected barriers and barricades, some of them on fire, in various areas of the two complexes. In retaliation, the criminals also used drones and bombs against the police.[6]
81 people were arrested and and several weapons were seized.[7]
Reactions
The clashes disrupted health, education facilities and bus routes, with roads blocked in northern and southeastern Rio by members of the faction.
Rio state governor Cláudio Castro called operation the largest ever targeting the Comando Vermelho gang.[7]
Ministry of Justice and Public Security Ricardo Lewandowski said the federal government had not received any request for support from state authorities prior to the operation.[8]
Secretary of Institutional Affairs Gleisi Hoffmann Gleisi Hoffmann, the Lula administration’s liaison with parliament, agreed on the necessity for coordinated actions but cited a recent federal crackdown on money laundering as proof of the government’s efforts against organized crime.[9]
César Muñoz, director of Human Rights Watch in Brazil, classified the event as “a huge tragedy” and “disaster”.[9]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights declared it was “horrified” by the deadly police operation.[10]
