President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for action against organized crime that does not endanger police or civilians, as ...

State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang had been planned exhaustively for more than two months, and were designed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where a special operations ...

President Lula said he has instructed the minister of justice and the director-general of the federal police to go to Rio for a meeting with the governor.