BOPE Brazil killings: The Rio de Janeiro police unit known as BOPE (Battalion of Special Police Operations), Brazil’s special operations force, is facing renewed scrutiny after a raid last week left ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls ...
(CNN) — Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be ...