RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - He is a symbol of Brazil's biggest corruption investigation - a ballyhooed battle against impunity for powerful politicians and businessmen. But on Wednesday, federal police ...

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA, April 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Police revoked the credentials allowing a Brasilia-based U.S. immigration officer to exercise his official duties, the police head and ...

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Three soldiers and a policeman were sentenced to up to 24 years due to plans to murder the president-elect ahead of his inauguration. The plot was led by former right-wing President Jair ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be ...

A notorious gang in Brazil has taken vengeance on the authority by leaking nude photos of a female police officer for arresting thier leader. One of the most notorious gangs in Brazil, has lived up to ...

An off-duty Military Police (PM) officer shot dead two suspected armed robbers Saturday during a hold up at a Brazilian pharmacy, all while holding his young son in his arms. Sgt. Rafael Souza was ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison after finding them guilty for an assassination attempt against President ...