As per reports, early on Wednesday (06 November), agents from the Capital Homicide Division (DHC), the Special Resources Coordination (Core) and the Federal Police Rapid Intervention Group (GPI/PF) are carrying out an operation in the Manguinhos favela (town), in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, to serve two arrest warrants against suspects in the murder of a retired federal police officer.

It has been reported that the operation involves a Civil Police helicopter and armored vehicles from the Federal Police. Shots were heard early in the morning.