They called it Operation Veil of Maya, after the philosophical idea of an illusion that hides reality. The cops were not ...

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, July 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police searched Jair Bolsonaro's home on Wednesday for ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will have to wear a monitoring device as he awaits the verdict in his coup plotting trial – Copyright AFP Mateus Bonomi ...

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects ...

Brazilian police on Monday raided the offices of a company belonging to a son of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of an investigation into tax fraud. The raid was part of a broader ...

BRASILIA, June 18 - A snowballing graft scandal crept closer to Brazil's president on Thursday with a federal police raid ...

At least eight people have been killed during a police raid on a neighbourhood in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, continuing a trend of deadly operations in poor favela communities. Brazilian police ...

Deadly police raids in Rio favelas leave 64 dead as authorities target Comando Vermelho gang amid drones, gunfire, and chaos.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police officers patrol the area where drug traffickers allegedly set a bus on fire after a police operation in central Rio de ...