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Police raids in Brazil have killed more than 100 people, including four officers, making it the deadliest police operation in the nation's recent history. Rio de Janeiro Gov. Cláudio Castro says they seized weapons, drugs, and arrested roughly 80 alleged gang members. NBC News' Ellison Barber has more on the deadly operation.
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The death toll in Rio's deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning.
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About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said.
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