Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Operation Containment
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At least 119 people were killed, including four policemen, and 113 arrested in the largest anti-drug police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro'.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least 20 people, including two police officers, were killed in a large-scale operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, the government of the Brazilian state said.
AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and soldiers stormed Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the city’s largest-ever anti-gang operation. Gun battles raged for
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