In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at least 18 people have been killed in a raid by hundreds of heavily armed police officers on the Alemão favela. Witnesses say masked officers backed by armored vehicles and helicopters sprayed bullets over a wide area for 12 hours on Thursday, killing at least one innocent bystander and leaving injured people unattended in the streets. It’s the latest in a series of deadly raids in Rio’s impoverished communities, which police say are meant to target organized crime groups. Rio’s public defender said there were signs of major human rights violations. This is human rights worker Gilberto Santiago Lopes.

Gilberto Santiago Lopes: “The police aren’t aiding injured people. They aren’t. Those injured had to be wheeled in a hand truck, and then residents had to halt a car to take them to the hospital. The rationale is that they are criminals and they don’t deserve the aid they need. People are being dehumanized.”