NOVA IGUAÇU, Brazil — For years, police in Rio de Janeiro state have waged a bloody and expensive campaign against the gangs that dominate many of its impoverished favelas. But all the violence ...

Once he was hauled into a police station for riding in a car the police said had ... after the gangs that had formed in Brazil’s prisons and were now entrenched in many poor neighborhoods.

The Military Police has access to high-caliber weapons, aircraft equipped with weapons, armored cars ... Brazil's "shock" policing strategy has failed. Where these strategies are employed, there ...

On November 7, the Military Police of São ... Souza / PMMG Disclosure) Brazil's "shock" policing strategy has failed. Where these strategies are employed, there are now more gangs than ever ...