RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters on Friday marched through one of the favelas targeted in Rio de Janeiro’s most lethal police raid that left more than 100 dead, calling for Rio state Gov. Cláudio Castro to resign amid continued outrage over the deadly operation.
Locals, politicians, activists, grieving mothers who lost their sons in prior operations and people from other Rio neighborhoods gathered to voice their fury in Vila Cruzeiro, part of the Penha complex of favelas, where days prior residents laid out scores of bodies they had collected from a nearby green area following the raid.
At least 121 people were killed in Tuesday’s operation, including four policemen, according to police. Rio’s public defender’s office says 132 people died.
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