The access route to Morro Dois Irmãos was blocked during the operation in Vidigal, leaving scores of alarmed sightseers stuck on the hill.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — More than 200 tourists were temporarily stranded atop a popular hill in Rio de Janeiro after a police raid targeting suspected gang members triggered gunfire in the community ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four Brazilian police officers have been removed from street duty in an investigation into their involvement in a deadly raid in a low-income part of Rio de Janeiro that killed ...