Comando Vermelho's ramifications all over South America are still unfathomable Indigenous communities in Peru's remote Yurúa district, on the border with Brazil, are raising a serious alarm over the ...

Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando ...

The move against Comando Vermelho and the PCC was announced two days after right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro visited ...

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Explainer-What Is the Comando Vermelho Gang Targeted in the Deadly Rio Police Raids? By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 ...

On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Department of State designated Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) ...

Oct. 31 (UPI) --Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has signed a decree designating Brazil's criminal groups Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, as terrorist organizations ...

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raids against a powerful drug gang in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The official ...

The raid targeted the Red Command gang in Alemão and Penha favelas, resulting in widespread gun battles and disruption AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of the ...