At least eight people died Wednesday during a police operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, including one of Brazil's most-wanted drug lords, authorities said.
Around 150 members of the city's elite BOPE military police unit, backed by two armored vehicles, deployed in several favelas in the touristy Santa Teresa neighborhood targeting a prominent narcotrafficker.
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