Overview
- About 150 BOPE officers with armored vehicles swept six favelas in Santa Teresa to locate Claudio Augusto dos Santos.
- Police said the Comando Vermelho figure, 55, was wounded during the clash and died after being taken to a nearby hospital.
- The operation left eight dead, including seven suspected gunmen and a resident taken hostage, and two officers were injured as the hostage’s partner was rescued.
- Cells linked to the faction burned a bus and set up barricades in central Rio, and police detained several people over the vandalism.
- Authorities reported 116 detentions in the sweep along with 21 seized weapons and more than 700 kilograms of drugs, as a separate federal drive executed roughly 115 arrest orders across about 15 states.