Police said the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-abbott-slams-easy-bail-criminals-fentanyl-traffickers-released-bond" target="_blank">raid was tied to drug traffickers</a> originally from the northern state of Para, where more than 40 police officers have been killed since 2021.

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<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/343/192/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/686/384/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/672/378/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1344/756/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/931/523/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1862/1046/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/720/405/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1440/810/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/640/320/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_SOUTH_AMERICA.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="Rio police raided the slum to arrest drug lords, which prompted a gun battle that killed at least 11 people.&nbsp;" width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>Rio police raided the slum to arrest drug lords, which prompted a gun battle that killed at least 11 people.&nbsp;</span> </p></div></div>

TV footage showed an intense exchange of fire between police agents and locals at the Salgueiro favela. Rio police scheduled a news conference later Thursday to give more details about the operation.

Newspaper O Globo said the reputed head of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/drugs" target="_blank">Para-based drug trafficking organization</a> was killed in the raid, which police did not confirm.

Police exchanged gunfire with assailants during a raid in Rio de Janeiro’s slums. Rio officials arrested alleged drug traffickers and said at least 11 were killed in the violence.

Rio police raid slum to arrest drug lords, prompt gun battle

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