-RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — OCT. 29, 2025: The death toll from the operation against drug trafficking in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro has risen to 119, according to the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro. Felipe Curi, the secretary of Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state, confirmed the numbers during a press conference on Wednesday. Residents in the Penha Complex recovered at least 70 bodies. The ongoing operation has so far yielded at least 100 arrests and the seizure of 90 rifles. Castro claimed the current action "is larger than the one in 2010," a previous major deployment that saw police and military forces retake control of the same area after clashes that left about 30 people dead. The operation occurs despite the Brazilian federal government, under President Luis Inacio Lula, having rejected a proposal from the IS in May to classify the Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations. Brazil's official argument was that these factions do not qualify as terrorists under national law.