At least 119 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police raid, igniting protests over alleged executions and calls for Governor Claudio Castro’s resignation. Families and residents laid bodies in a Penha market and chanted “massacre,” as BBC-verified videos showed rows of corpses. The state hailed the operation against the Red Command as a success, citing 113 arrests, 90 rifles and over a ton of drugs seized, and said suspects resisted. Brazil’s Supreme Court, prosecutors and lawmakers demanded details, while the U.N. urged investigations and policing reform. Witnesses reported disfigurement and decapitation; officials plan evidence-tampering probes.

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