{"id":54590,"date":"2025-11-04T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/brazils-president-calls-for-investigation-after-121-killed-in-police-operation-against-gang-there-was-a-massacre\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:58:17","slug":"brazils-president-calls-for-investigation-after-121-killed-in-police-operation-against-gang-there-was-a-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/brazils-president-calls-for-investigation-after-121-killed-in-police-operation-against-gang-there-was-a-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil&#8217;s president calls for investigation after 121 killed in police operation against gang: &#8220;There was a massacre&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday that the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brazil-police-raid-119-dead-protests-mother-claims-son-decapitated\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">police operation<\/a><\/span> against a powerful criminal faction in Rio that left 121 dead was &#8220;a massacre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a massacre, and I think it&#8217;s important to verify the conditions under which it occurred,&#8221; Lula said in the Amazon city of Belem during an interview with international news agencies, including AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/raid-gangs-rio-de-janeiro-dozens-killed-police-officers\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">police raid last week<\/a><\/span> against the Red Command drug trafficking gang saw thousands of officers battle heavily armed men dressed in camouflage, who dropped explosives on police from drones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Drones dropping bombs is now a trend used by heavily armed criminal groups,&#8221; Carlos Solar from the Royal United Services Institute\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c98n759838kt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Soares, a journalist covering crime in Rio,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/portuguese\/articles\/cvgknnjgmrxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told BBC News Brasil<\/a>\u00a0last week that the Red Command had been on the offensive in Rio in recent years, reclaiming territory it had lost to its rivals, First Capital Command.<\/p>\n<p>Police footage released by local media shows members of the gang gearing up for the fight, with dozens streaming into a forested area where they clashed with elite security forces, and where many of the bodies were found the next day.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c98n759838kt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC News verified<\/a>\u00a0several videos showing dozens of bodies laid out in a row in a market area of Rio, in its northern Penha district.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/30\/a78ea2b8-e5c3-4b06-83e5-11fb33eec20e\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/f0f5906dc180c0dd6af9cd89e01ac5e5\/gettyimages-2243465304.jpg#\" alt=\"BRAZIL-CRIME-DRUGS-FAVELA-POLICE-RAID \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/30\/a78ea2b8-e5c3-4b06-83e5-11fb33eec20e\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/f0f5906dc180c0dd6af9cd89e01ac5e5\/gettyimages-2243465304.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/30\/a78ea2b8-e5c3-4b06-83e5-11fb33eec20e\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/dccb1949d599245ad36bffe0718e1174\/gettyimages-2243465304.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">People line up bodies on Sao Lucas Square of the Vila Cruzeiro favela at the Penha complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 29, 2025, in the aftermath of Operacao Contencao (Operation Containment).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                PABLO PORCIUNCULA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The battle exposed Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s chronic security woes and divisions on how to tackle them.<\/p>\n<p>While rights activists have denounced harrowing scenes of dead bodies lined up in the street, surveys showed many of the city&#8217;s crime-weary citizens supported the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Felipe Curi, the head of Rio&#8217;s Civil Police force told reporters Friday that police had so far identified the bodies of 99 &#8220;criminals&#8221; among the dead \u2014 42 of them subject to arrest warrants and 78 with extensive criminal records.<\/p>\n<p>Amid criticism that his administration is too lenient on crime, Lula said on X Friday that he had submitted a bill to parliament proposing a minimum 30-year prison sentence for gang members.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/29\/6d161f8a-d49c-4ec5-a3e0-c86ba873b22f\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c48f63cad04fc17fbf6da80483a524d0\/ap25301701856222.jpg#\" alt=\"Brazil Police Operation \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/29\/6d161f8a-d49c-4ec5-a3e0-c86ba873b22f\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c48f63cad04fc17fbf6da80483a524d0\/ap25301701856222.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/29\/6d161f8a-d49c-4ec5-a3e0-c86ba873b22f\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ae605a92df5ca7159428333c013aceef\/ap25301701856222.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A woman cries outside Getulio Vargas Hospital shortly after her relative was brought here by police due to injury during a police operation against alleged drug traffickers in the Complexo do Alemao favela where the criminal organization &#8220;Comando Vermelho&#8221; operates in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Silvia Izquierdo \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A photographer who witnessed the aftermath of the operation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c364k5e9g58o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the BBC<\/a> of how residents came back with mutilated bodies of those who had died.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies &#8220;kept coming: 25, 30, 35, 40, 45&#8230;&#8221;, Bruno Itan told BBC Brasil. 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