RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Hundreds of heavily-armed police occupied the Jacarezinho neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday morning, as authorities vowed a renewed effort to bring security and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Drug gangs set fire to buses and opened fire on police stations and posts around Rio de Janeiro early Thursday in a wave of violence that killed 19 people and wounded 21, the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — For as long as anyone can remember, the cracked asphalt soccer field in the Roquete Pinto slum was off-limits to children — "reserved" by gangs selling marijuana and cocaine.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter during a gunbattle between rival gangs Saturday, killing two officers and injuring four in a burst of violence just two weeks after ...

RIO DE JANEIRO(Reuters) - Leaders of Rio de Janeiro's heavily armed drug gangs agree on at least one thing with the head of Brazil's army: An ongoing military intervention cannot solve the soaring ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Drug gangs ordered schools and businesses shut down across large swaths of Rio de Janeiro on Monday in what officials said was an unprecedented show of force by criminals in an ...

Rio de Janeiro is almost as savage as it is beautiful. So after it was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games, city officials took action to make the self-proclaimed “Marvelous City” a safer place.

RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - October 17, 2009 Ten suspected drug traffickers were also killed during the fighting in a shantytown, and two bystanders were injured, officials said. Bullets flying from the ...