‘They came to kill’: Rio’s deadliest favela police raid sparks calls for change

Rio's favelas have suffered countless horrors since the drug conflict began to intensify in the 1980s and the carnage in Jacarezinho has caused a wave of protest

Shaken, shoeless and with a gaping bullet wound to one of his feet, the young man staggered through Flavia Luciana's front door at around 8am last Thursday as Rio's decades-long drug conflict plumbed horrifying new depths.

Help me! For the love of God! Help!" she remembers him pleading as he sought shelter inside.