2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis

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2010 Rio de Janeiro Security Crisis
Part of Armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian soldiers holding FN FALs in a favela.
Date 21–28 November 2010 Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Result Occupation of Vila Cruzeiro and Complexo do Alemão by the government forces, security restored in the city.
Belligerents
Brazil: Brazilian Intelligence Agency Brazilian Armed Forces  Brazilian Army  Brazilian Navy  Brazilian Marine Corps Brazilian Air Force Ministry of Justice Brazilian Federal Police Brazilian Federal Highway Police Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro State Military Police BOPE Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police CORE	Gangs: Comando Vermelho
Commanders and leaders
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Nelson Jobim Sérgio Cabral Filho José Mariano Beltrame General Sardenberg Colonel Duarte	Luciano Martiniano da Silva (Pezão) and Fabiano Atanásio da Silva (FB)
Strength
21,000 men of Military Police and Civil Police[1] BOPE CORE 12 Police armored vehicles (caveirões) 500 soldiers Brazilian Marines[2] 6 M-113 6 Mowag Piranha III 5 AAV7A1 800 Paratroopers from Brazilian Army [3] 2 EE-9 Cascavel 6 EE-11 Urutu 9 Helicopters	400-600 men in Complexo do Alemão and Vila Cruzeiro thousands of Comando Vermelho men in other favelas
Casualties and losses
4 wounded	39 killed 200 arrested
2 civilians killed

In November 2010, there was a major security crisis in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro and some of its neighboring cities. The city's criminal drug trafficking factions initiated a series of attacks in response to the government placing permanent police forces^[4] into Rio's slums.

In response to the attacks, the local police forces with the aid of the Brazilian Army and Marine Corps initiated a large scale offensive against two of the largest drug trafficking headquarters in the city, located in the Vila Cruzeiro and the neighboring Complexo do Alemão. The operation is considered a success by the government and local media and a large quantity of illegal drugs, weapons and money were confiscated.