Brazilian police accused of hanging teen gangster’s head ‘like a trophy’ in anti-drug raid that killed over 120

One of the most gruesome operations in Latin America took place when a brutal police raid in Brazil left more than 120 people dead, amid shocking claims that officers decapitated a 19-year-old alleged gang member and displayed his head “like a trophy” during what authorities are calling the country’s deadliest-ever anti-gang operation.The crackdown began on […]

‘Bodies kept coming’: 132 killed in Brazil’s deadliest police operation against drug gangs; how it unfolded

At least 132 people were killed in what authorities described as Brazil’s largest police operation against drug gangs, officials said on Wednesday. In Rio de Janeiro, residents lined a street with dozens of bodies recovered overnight following the raids.The bodies of the men were placed in a single row along the pavement of a square […]