Brazil, on Monday, disturbing security footage showed. Carvalho — who was shirtless and wearing sweatpants with no shoes — flailed and kicked in the empty street as the gunman in an orange ...

The "canteen mafia," which controlled food distribution in Rio de Janeiro's prisons, highlights the presence of criminal ...

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Brazil is known to have higher crime rates than other Latin American ... were being told to stay in their hotel and not walk ...

Last month the government deployed more than 10,000 soldiers and police on the streets. A crime wave has hit Rio since Brazil's financial crisis. The operation seeks to reduce citywide robberies ...

The anti-crime package, which was approved by Brazil's Senate earlier this month, toughens laws to tackle corruption, organized crime and violent crime practiced by criminal gangs. It also ...

Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno ...

Brazil's busiest, authorities said, with local media reporting the murder was likely linked to organized crime. Sao Paulo state's security secretary said in a statement the murder, and its cause ...

Authorities from Uruguay and Brazil defense authorities have held ... carry out operations against drug trafficking and organized crime in the area. Uruguay's Minister of the Interior, Luis ...

"We need to be really tough on crime to make criminals understand that they won't enjoy impunity," wrote Mr Bolsonaro on Twitter. Brazil elections ... marched through the streets of São Paulo ...