Families in Rio de Janeiro have begun burying victims of the city’s deadliest gang raid.

Brazilian police and soldiers have launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro, arresting 81 suspects.

Rio de Janeiro’s state government has deployed hundreds of police officers to three of the city’s sprawling and low-income neighborhoods.

Brazilian authorities say the death toll from mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78.