Families in Rio de Janeiro have begun burying victims of the city’s deadliest gang raid.

A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead is drawing protests for excessive force and calls for the Rio de Janeiro’s governor to resign.

Brazilian police and soldiers have launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro, arresting 81 suspects.

Rio de Janeiro’s state government has deployed hundreds of police officers to three of the city’s sprawling and low-income neighborhoods.

Brazilian authorities say the death toll from mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78.