Overview
- Roughly 2,500 civil and military police launched Operation Containment across the Alemão and Penha favela complexes to serve about 250 warrants.
- Reports put the death toll between 60 and 64, including four police officers, with authorities warning the numbers could rise as the operation continued.
- Authorities reported 56 to 81 arrests and the seizure of at least 42 rifles along with large quantities of drugs.
- Gun battles and barricades disrupted dozens of schools and health facilities and forced bus route changes near Rio’s international airport.
- The state government billed the action as the largest ever against the Comando Vermelho, drawing immediate demands for explanations from human-rights bodies and lawmakers.