Tag: Comando Vermelho (CV)

• Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 23:32 UTC

  Lula seeks his own security recipe to counter Brazilian right wing's tough-on-crime narrative

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday unveiled in Brasília a public security plan worth around USD 2.25 billion aimed at weakening the finances of organized crime, regaining control of prisons, curbing arms trafficking, and improving homicide investigations, five months ahead of October's presidential election. The package is designed to give the government a distinct identity on one of the issues where public opinion sees the ruling party at its weakest against the right wing's punitive narrative.

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• Tuesday, October 28th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

  Law Enforcement deployment in Rio favelas results in at least 64 killed

  

  A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the deadliest police action in Rio de Janeiro's history.