Hundreds of Rio's military police officers patrolled the streets of Rio's largest favela, Jacarezinho. Residents in Rio de Janeiro’s marginalized favelas are contending with a new government plan ...

Some 1,300 police swept through the Jacarezinho slum, with about 90,000 inhabitants, where 28 people were killed last May in the deadliest security raid in Rio’s ...

Rising gas prices have been acutely felt in Rio's poorer favelas where criminal groups control much of the economy. Armed militias in many of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are setting exorbitant prices for ...

Few outsiders have seen what happens inside Brazil’s favelas neighborhoods where crime, poverty, and fear collide. This report follows a military police unit as they patrol the slums of São Paulo, ...

Oct. 30 (UPI) --President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools to combat organized crime in Brazil amid growing concern over violence ...

Rio de Janeiro's state government deployed hundreds of police officers early Monday to three of the city's sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime groups.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities ...