Air force personnel stand over a landfill site at the Caramujo favela. Thousands of soldiers and police began patrolling metropolitan regions of Rio de Janeiro in a crackdown on violence. Photograph: Leo Correa/AP ...
Photos of the day selection of The Associated Press – AP: Police officers of the special operations battalion ride on a mechanical shovel during a patrol at the Caramujo slum in Niteroi, Brazil, Wednesday, ...
On Thursday, May 4th, at least 5 people died during a confrontation between the Special operations battalion Police officers (BOPE) and alleged drug traffickers in Alemao slums complex in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. ...