Angry families begin burying dead after police raid on Rio favela kills at least 132

Families of nan scores of group killed successful a deadly pack ambush by Rio de Janeiro constabulary person begun burying nan dead, pinch residents near reeling by nan scenes of carnage and angry astatine rule enforcement whom they impeach of excessive force, torture and extrajudicial killings.

At slightest 132 group were killed during Tuesday’s operation, including 4 policemen, according to a tally by Rio de Janeiro's nationalist defenders' office.

A time aft a ambush that galore described arsenic for illustration a war, nan low-income favela neighbourhood showed signs of a return of mundane activities, pinch a fewer restaurants and shops erstwhile again awaiting customers.

"I came to activity because I person to, but my intelligence wellness is shattered," said Monique Santiliano, a 40-year-old section who runs a nail salon.

"This wasn't an operation, these were assassinations. They didn't travel to arrest, they came to kill."

Tuesday's raid, conducted by immoderate 2,500 constabulary and soldiers, targeted nan notorious pack Red Command successful nan Complexo de Alemao and Complexo da Penha favelas.

The operation's stated objectives were capturing leaders and limiting nan territorial description of nan Red Command gang, which has accrued its power complete favelas successful caller years.

The organised crime group has besides expanded its beingness crossed Brazil successful caller years, including successful nan Amazon rainforest.

It drew gunfire and different retaliation from pack members, sparking scenes of chaos crossed nan metropolis connected Tuesday.

The authorities government said those killed were criminals who resisted nan police.

Conservative Rio authorities politician Claudio Castro said connected Tuesday that nan metropolis was astatine warfare against "narco-terrorism," a word that echoed nan Trump management successful its run against supplier smuggling from Latin America. He touted nan cognition arsenic a success.

Human Rights Minister Macaé Evaristo told residents and journalists that she did not judge that declare and that nan conflict against organised crime should target masterminds and financiers.

"There's nary constituent successful coming into our communities and exposing children, nan aged and group pinch disabilities to specified terror," she said.

The decease toll, nan highest ever successful a Rio constabulary operation, prompted condemnation from quality authorities groups, nan United Nations and aggravated scrutiny from authorities.

Brazil's Supreme Court, prosecutors and lawmakers ordered Governor Castro to supply elaborate accusation astir nan operation.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes scheduled a proceeding pinch nan authorities politician and nan heads of nan subject and civilian constabulary adjacent Monday.

While immoderate successful Brazil, peculiarly right-wing voters and politicians, applauded nan cognition against nan heavily-armed gang, others questioned whether it would execute lasting results and based on that galore of those killed were low-ranking and easy replaceable.

Otoni de Paula, a blimpish lawmaker, said nan disparity betwixt nan number of deaths of constabulary officers and of suspects astatine nan very slightest raises questions.

"I deliberation we're dealing pinch an ambush whose sole nonsubjective was execution," he said. "We cannot deliberation that nan authorities tin assistance nan constabulary nan correct to termination anyone."

Residents decried nan authorities of nan bodies, pinch astatine slightest 1 decapitated, while others were reportedly recovered pinch puncture wounds aliases tied up.

"This brutality cannot beryllium normalised conscionable because it happened here. If nan state continues to applaud, it will hap elsewhere," said Ana Tobossi, an activistic and section resident.

Paulo Roberto, a 16-year-old who useful arsenic a thoroughfare vendor astatine nan Maracana shot stadium, said that he had been near shaken by events.

"People from extracurricular are going to spot this going connected successful favelas and aren't going to want to travel anymore. It makes america look bad," he said.