Brazil: Amazonas State has the highest violent death rate; São Paulo State has the lowest
After registering a 54% increase in murders, Amazonas became the state with the highest violent death rate in Brazil in...
February 22, 2022Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Analysis: Logistics giant suspends operations in Brazil and raises alert in the agricultural sector
A leader in the international maritime freight market, MSC announced the indefinite suspension of its container stuffing and inland
February 21, 2022
Brazilian and US investigative agencies meet with Paraguayan Public Prosecutor’s Office
The Paraguayan Public Prosecutor's Office informed about a cooperation meeting between authorities of investigative agencies
February 18, 2022
Brazil and Paraguay to set up bipartite command on the border
Brazilian and Paraguayan security authorities have agreed to install a bipartite command on the border between Pedro Juan Caballero
February 17, 2022
Chile appoints four heads of National Defense due to migratory crisis
President of Chile signed a State of Constitutional Emergency Exception in four northern provinces to face the migratory and security...
February 16, 2022
Eight dead after police raid in Rio de Janeiro
The raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela was coordinated between Brazil’s Highway Police and the State Police. Officers seized automatic
February 12, 2022
Brazilian National Force will act in two indigenous areas of Mato Grosso State
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security authorized the deployment of agents of the National Public Security Force (FNSP)
February 11, 2022
Brazil: Operation against cargo theft leaves 8 dead in a Rio de Janeiro favela
A joint operation by the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro with agents of the Federal Police and the Federal...
February 11, 2022
Neymar suffers bank robbery in Brazil; alleged thief arrested
20-year-old man accused of fraudulently diverting nearly R$220,000 (US$42,000) from the bank accounts of Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar.
February 10, 2022