Police officers take positions during an operation against drug gangs in Alemao slums complex, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least 18 people died on Thursday during a major police raid in a dense warren of Rio de Janeiro slums, state military police said, in the latest bloody confrontation in Brazil's second-largest city.
Tactical teams from Rio de Janeiro's civil and military police raided the Alemao complex to take down an alleged criminal organization. The group was suspected of involvement in cargo theft and bank robberies and was planning incursions into rival slums, the military police said in a statement.
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