The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro reported that the Military and Civil police operation launched this Tuesday (28) in the Complexos da Penha and Alemão region left 18 suspects dead, 56 arrested, police officers dead and injured by the beginning of the afternoon. THE Operation Containment mobilizes 2,500 civil and military police officers. 
Rio’s governor, Cláudio Castro, declined to detail how many police officers were killed and injured because the operation is still ongoing. He participated in a meeting with security force agents to discuss the operation at the Integrated Command and Control Center (CICC), in the central region of Rio.
The operation seeks to capture criminal leaders in Rio and other states, in addition to preventing the territorial expansion of the state’s largest faction, Comando Vermelho. The two complexes are home to 26 communities.
The operation, which also includes prosecutors from the State Public Prosecutor’s Office, was triggered by more than a year of investigation and search and seizure and arrest warrants obtained by the Narcotics Suppression Police Department (DRE).
