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November 5, 2025

Is Brazil’s Security Strategy Making the Country Safer?

Raids in two slum complexes last week in Rio de Janeiro left at least 132 people dead. Among the areas targeted was the Alemão favela, which is pictured. // File Photo: BrunoMartinsImagens via Adobe Stock.

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  • At least 132 people, including four police officers, were killed Oct. 28 in Rio de Janeiro after 2,500 police officers and soldiers launched a massive raid in two of the city’s slum areas. The raids targeting the Red Command criminal group in the Alemão and Penha favela complexes were the deadliest such raids in Brazil’s history, coming just weeks ahead of Brazil’s hosting the COP30 U.N. climate change conference. What does this operation indicate about security strategy in Brazil, and what will result from the deadly Oct. 28 raids? How big of a threat does organized criminal activity pose to large-scale international events in Brazil like COP30? What challenges does Brazil’s government face in tackling organized crime and insecurity?

A

Amanda Mattingly, former U.S. diplomat and founder of ACM Global Intelligence: “The raid targeting the Red Command in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro resulted in more deaths than the police raids of 2021 and 2005 combined, indeed making this the deadliest operation in decades. While Rio State Governor Cláudio Castro believes the raid has sent a strong ‘law and order’ message, there are concerns about how the police conducted it, allegations of summary executions and no real indication that the raid did anything to actually dismantle the Red Command. Reportedly, the Red Command is already reorganizing. Instead, the chilling scenes have raised questions about justice and the use of force in Rio. The raid also reveals a decentralized and politicized security strategy in Brazil, with a right-wing governor at odds with left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who said he was…”

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