Brazil: Over 80 people injured during a mega police operation in Alemao and Penha favela complexes

In Brazil, at least 80 people died on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro's most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30. Throughout the day, ambulances transported injured civilians and officials to the Getúlio Vargas State Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Among them was agent Marcos Vinícius de Carvalho, who died upon arrival at the hospital due to gunshot wounds. According to health authorities, the hospital was overwhelmed after the arrival of the injured, whose number exceeded 80. The so-called contention operation mobilized about 2 thousand 500 security forces in the favelas of Alemao and Penha.

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