A police operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, left at least 60 dead and 81 arrested. According to local officials the operation was part of an effort against drug trafficking and organised crime called Operation Containment. Authorities said that the Comando Vermelho gang, also known as the Red Command, was one of the primary targets and described the operation as the largest ever targeting that group. Police have implemented restrictions in different parts of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro while all military police units remain on alert for possible retaliation by the criminal group. The raid has become the single most lethal police operations in local history.

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