Rakhel Rios

Rakhel Rios is a 34-year-old mother from the Penha favela in Rio de Janeiro, who recently faced a devastating loss when her 19-year-old son, Yago Ravel R., was killed during a violent police operation against the Comando Vermelho gang. In the aftermath of the operation, she searched desperately for her son, only to learn he had been brutally murdered and left in the woods. Rios represents the tragic impact of the ongoing conflict between law enforcement and organized crime in Brazil.