Protests after deadliest favela drug raid in Rio de Janeiros history

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A bloody, hourslong gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission successfully eliminated two dozen criminals, while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses. • It was just after sunrise Thursday when dozens of officers from Rio de Janeiro state’s civil police stormed Jacarezinho, a working-class favela in the city’s northern zone. They were targeting drug traffickers from one of Brazil’s most notorious criminal organizations, Comando Vermelho, and the bodies piled up quickly. • When the fighting stopped, there were 25 dead — one police officer and 24 people described by the police as “criminals.” • Read in full: https://bit.ly/3vVJ3dz • Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews?su... • Watch our LIVE here: / euronews • • Subscribe to our thematic channels: • NoComment: https://www.youtube.com/c/nocommenttv... • Euronews Living: http://bit.ly/2sMsaDB • Knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewskno... • • Follow us on all platforms and on all devices: https://www.euronews.com/follow-us • • Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages: / euronewsnetwork • #Brazil #Protests #Drugs #PoliceViolence #HumanRights

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