Overview
- Military and civil police entered the São Gonçalo favela complex before dawn with 20 armored vehicles and two helicopters.
- Exchanges of gunfire were reported at several access points as officers cleared burned barricades and torched vehicles used to block roads.
- By midday, officials reported no deaths, injuries, or arrests and said the operation remained underway under the state public security secretariat.
- The new push follows an October sweep in Penha and Alemão that left 122 people dead, including five police, the deadliest police action recorded in Brazil.
- The operation targets Comando Vermelho’s territorial grip in the region, with authorities linking the faction to drug trafficking and cargo theft along federal routes.