2,000 Brazilian police officers launched a mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro's favelas to combat organized crime in ten low-income neighborhoods.

Brazilian police launched a mega-operation involving 2,000 military and civil officers in Rio de Janeiro's favelas to combat organized crime. The operation, which has no end date, targets ten low-income neighborhoods in the western zone, a region previously targeted by drug traffickers and militias. Rio de Janeiro's state government aims to regain control and fight criminal organizations that threaten the local population.