The operational control of two Marine divisions, now governed by the Army, will be restored to the Marine Corps for the first time in 50 years as part of a military overhaul, the Defense Ministry said ...

The Rio de Janeiro state government launched Operation Containment on October 28, a large-scale and intense police raid targeting the notorious Comando Vermelho (Red Command) criminal faction in the ...

“Operation Containment” brought 2,500 police officers, soldiers and snipers up the slopes of Rio’s Complexo da Penha and Complexo do Alemão favelas, home to roughly 110,000 people. A man stands next ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the military police special unit conduct a raid against drug trafficking during Operation Containment, carried out in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman cries in front of dead bodies on a street in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The police operation launched a day earlier, the ...

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — The Bear Gulch Fire, burning on the north end of Lake Cushman, has grown to nearly 9,388 acres, with containment efforts holding steady at 10%, according to fire ...

None of the 117 suspects killed were named in the criminal complaint The raid failed to catch senior leaders of Comando Vermelho The operation left 121 dead, including four police officers RIO DE ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) --At least 119 people were killed, including four policemen, and 113 arrested in the largest anti-drug police operation in Rio de Janeiro's history. The operation took place in the Penha ...

Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys.