As the influence of Brazil's criminal gangs expands into small towns across the country, their presence is reshaping ...

Eight people were killed in attacks by criminal gangs and another five died in clashes with the police since Tuesday morning, ...

The wave of violence erupted after the murder of a military police officer on Sunday in the northwestern city of Porto Velho, ...

At least 11 people have been killed in a week of clashes between Brazilian officers and one of the country's most powerful criminal groups in the Amazon region, according to a government report.

The joint action sought to capture members of the Comando Vermelho (Red Command), one of Brazil's largest drug trafficking organizations. Photos published by Rio's military police showed ...

Prison officers unearthed the 32-foot-long tunnel after receiving a tip that members of the Comando Vermelho gang were ...

Among those taken into custody were leaders of the two largest Brazilian criminal factions -the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command (Comando Vermelho)- according to police sources ...

At least three people were killed and 12 others arrested Wednesday in a police operation targeting a criminal ring in a slum in northern Rio de Janei ...

Porto Velho police claim that the attacks are a retaliation by the Comando Vermelho criminal faction against police operations in a housing complex that the gang controls in the city, according to ...