Distant gunfire rang out as Douglas da Silva dropped off a food delivery on October 28 and headed home to his apartment on the north side of Rio de Janeiro.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained in Brasilia because of a possible "attempted escape" to an embassy before he was to begin his prison sentence.

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison for attempting a coup and plotting to kill President

Family and neighbors dispute the Rio police account of how a small business owner was shot in the face during a deadly raid on nearby favelas, raising concerns about risks to civilians from such aggressive military-style police action. This video contains graphic material. Emma Jehle reports.

Brazilian police said Friday that there had been several procedural violations by private security companies working at the COP30 climate conference in the city of Belem.