Brazil probes threat to COP30 host city's power grid after deadly Rio raid

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian authorities are investigating a reported threat to a power substation in the city hosting a United Nations climate summit, with possible links to the gang targeted by a deadly police raid last week, a document seen by Reuters showed on Friday.

Brazil is hosting world leaders at a summit ahead of the COP30 climate talks in the Amazonian city of Belem, a week after Rio police targeted the Comando Vermelho gang in an operation that killed 121 people, drawing concern from U.N. experts.