Operation Piraña
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Operation Piraña | |||||||
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Clockwise from top: CAPTION ONE • CAPTION TWO • CAPTION THREE • CAPTION FOUR • CAPTION FIVE | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Criminal gangs | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Diogo da Silva Telo e Meneses |
Decentralized | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~100,000 | ~10,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
??? | ??? | ||||||
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Operation Piraña, also known as the Brazilian drug war, is an armed conflict between the government of Brazil and criminal elements residing within Rio de Janeiro's favelas.