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The deadliest action in state history on Tuesday left 64 people dead, including four police officers; there were 81 arrests
Summary
Rio’s government has announced a more than 40% increase in police personnel, putting administrative officers back on the streets, after the deadliest operation in the state’s history, which left 64 deaths and 81 arrests.
After the mega operation to counter the territorial expansion of the Red Command (CV), in Rio de Janeiro, the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro announced a reinforcement of the police in the streets of the capital of Rio de Janeiro, to “guarantee tranquility and the right to come and go of the population”.
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As part of the measures announced on Wednesday morning, the 29th, the government announced that the officers of the administrative service of the Military Police have been transferred to the streets. “An increase of more than 40% in staff,” reads the statement.
The strengthening of the traffic police continues to guarantee the tranquility and the right of the population to come and go.
As part of the measures, the agents of the administrative service of @PMERJ they were moved to the street. An increase of more than 40% in staff.
— RJ Government (@GovRJ) October 29, 2025
The action of the Military Police throughout the metropolitan region pays “particular attention to the main expressways, the north and south-west areas and public transport modes”, informed the Prime Minister.
After the deadliest operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro, which ended with the death of 64 people – including four police officers – and 81 arrests, the inhabitants of the Alemão and Penha compounds removed the bodies from the forested areas on the border between the two regions and brought them to a square.
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Yesterday’s action also arrested 81 suspects and seized 90 rifles. The Civil Police expected the arrest of a hundred drug traffickers.
According to a survey by the Study Group on New Illegalisms of the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Geni-UFF), the operation is the deadliest in Rio’s history and surpassed the police massacre in Jacarezinho (North Zone) in May 2021, when 28 people were killed in a conflict with state forces – including the death of a police officer.
According to the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (PSD), Wednesday in the capital Rio de Janeiro began with all roads clear and transport operations functioning normally. In the early hours of the morning, Paes also announced that the city has returned to Phase 1, the first on a scale of five, which indicates that there are no events with a major impact on citizens’ routines.
Around 2,500 officers focused on the two complexes, which together house 26 communities. Military police officers from the Special Operations Command and Prime Minister’s Task Forces in the capital and metropolitan region participated in the operation.
The Civil Police has mobilized officers from all specialized police stations, districts, the Coordination of Special Resources (CORE), the Anti-Money Laundering Department and the Undersecretariat of Intelligence. The action also involves prosecutors from the Public Prosecution Service.
The action included drones, helicopters, 32 armored land vehicles and 12 demolition vehicles from the Prime Minister’s Special Operations Support Center, as well as ambulances from the Rescue and Rescue Group.
Source: Terra
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