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

Image

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
2025-10-30
Source
Government of Brazil
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
Details
Official release · Government of Brazil (CanalGov) · Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Sources and credit

  1. Government of Brazil
  2. Field footage: the full record

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