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Field FootageComplexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Footage

Police on standby during Rio's Operação Contenção, 2025

JPG of the still.
CanalGov (Government of Brazil), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 (YouTube CC BY on the source video); rehost OK with credit

Still from a Brazilian federal government (CanalGov) video showing tactical police officers on standby in an urban community in Rio de Janeiro during Operação Contenção. The Rio state operation on Oct. 28, 2025 involved about 2,500 Civil and Military Police officers targeting Comando Vermelho in the Alemão and Penha complexes. The state government reported 121 deaths, including four police officers.

What
Police on standby during Rio's Operação Contenção, 2025
Where
Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When
Oct 28, 2025
Who
Government of Brazil (CanalGov)
Status
Official release
Warning
Content warning: Image shows no injuries. The operation it documents was the deadliest in Rio's history. Graphic level: none.

Sources

  1. Government of Brazil (CanalGov) · Police on standby during Rio's Operação Contenção, 2025
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Record details

Captured 28 October 2025. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Government of Brazil (CanalGov). Location: Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Credit: CanalGov (Government of Brazil), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY 3.0 (YouTube CC BY on the source video); rehost OK with credit.

Archive · 28 October 2025

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