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Rio de Janeiro, October 29, 2025 — At least 132 people were killed in what officials have described as the deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. The death toll, reported by Rio’s public defender’s office, is more than double the figure released a day earlier by state authorities, who had cited 64 deaths, including four police officers.The large-scale raids, carried out in Rio’s Penha neighborhood, were aimed at dismantling the powerful Comando Vermelho gang, which dominates the drug trade in several of the city’s favelas. The operation, however, sparked widespread shock after residents lined the streets…