Israeli flags fly from the highest spots of the hills surrounding the Cidade Alta favela in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Checkpoints, raised to prevent the entry of police and rival groups, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo provided by the Rio de Janeiro Security Secretary shows Luiz Antônio da Silva Braga, better known as Zinho. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil say they have arrested more than 20 people as alleged members of a paramilitary militia group operating in Rio de Janeiro. Jobs data shows Louisiana 'muddling ...

Armed police sweep through a favela in Rio. There is no single factor to blame for Rio de Janeiro’s seemingly endless security crisis. But among constant battles between gangs and security forces, ...

Brazil’s government launched a crackdown on militias, but in Rio de Janeiro, the state police may be standing in the way. On November 6, army and police troops were deployed at ports and airports in ...

Suspected paramilitary militia members torched 35 buses Monday in Rio de Janeiro after one of their leaders was killed in a police operation, paralyzing parts of the scenic Brazilian ci... Already a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One of Brazil's top criminal leaders was locked up in a 6-square-meter (65-square-foot) isolation cell at a maximum security prison to avoid being killed by rivals, authorities ...