15/12/2023 – A military police officer and a former Military Police soldier were arrested on Avenida Pastor Martin Luther King Jr, in Irajá, North Zone. They were in a cloned car that was approached by military police during a blitz. In addition to being expelled from the corporation, the former PM has four criminal records. In total, four pistols, a shotgun, ballistic vests, and ammunition were seized. Handcuffs, a radio transmitter, two company badges and a balaclava were also found with them.
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15/12/2023 – A criminal died after a shooting with Military Police (PM) in Bangu, West Zone. Victor da Silva Pinto was rescued but did not resist. The corporation was trying to intercept criminals who were disputing territory in the community of 48, in Bangu. The PM reported that, while patrolling, the police were attacked by criminals. Several weapons, a radio communicator and drugs were seized.
16/12/2023 – The president of the Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (Liesa), Jorge Perlingeiro, aged 78, was the victim of a robbery while walking along the shore of Barra da Tijuca beach, in the West Zone. The owner of the official voice of Rio’s carnival was attacked by three criminals and had his cord stolen. Jorge was still pushed by the assailants and ended up falling to the ground.
16/12/2023 – Police arrested a man who was carrying around 5,000 rifle ammunition in his car. The criminal, whose identity was not revealed, was arrested on Rua Alice Tibiriça, in Vila da Penha, North Zone. According to agents, the man was taking the ammunition to drug dealers in Complexo de Israel, a group of favelas in the North Zone.
16/12/2023 – A 29-year-old woman was arrested by the Federal Police at Tom Jobim International Airport, Galeão, in the North Zone. She intended to board a flight to Sri Lanka, Asia, carrying around 6 kilos of cocaine.
17/12/2023 – Federal police officer Francisco Elionezio Braga Oliveira was killed by a military police officer (PM) in a kiosk in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone. Employees at the location said that the police were called to restrain the federal police officer, who was a customer and appeared to be armed during an argument. According to witnesses, customers tried to restrain the federal police officer, who allegedly slapped him twice and pointed his gun at the PM before being shot. The woman who accompanied the federal agent and who was shot in the leg denied that the police officer threatened the police officers.
18/12/2023 – A military police officer from the state of São Paulo responded to an attempted robbery at the Oswaldo Cruz train station, North Zone. According to the incident, a group of armed men tried to rob passengers who were in a carriage when the train stopped to board and disembark at the station. The police officer, who was armed, reacted, and fired shots at the criminals – who fled along the railway line. During an inspection of the train tracks, officers found a dead man with gunshot wounds to his abdomen.
19/12/2023 – Two passengers were injured in a robbery on a bus on Rodovia Presidente Dutra, near São João de Meriti, in Baixada Fluminense. A plainclothes military police officer who was in the vehicle reacted and shot the 2 criminals, who died instantly. The bus runs between Madureira and Autora, it was crowded, and passengers panicked due to the shooting.
19/12/2023 – The auditor of the General Comptroller of the State of Rio (CGE) Guilherme Brederode Rodrigues, aged 36, was shot dead in an attack by bandits in Vila Isabel, North Zone. He was surrendered by at least three men when he was driving along Rua Gonzaga Bastos. The woman who was with him was not injured. The criminals’ action lasted less than 20 seconds. Several shots were fired, and the bandits then fled without taking the car.
20/12/2023 – The Federal Police launched Operation Seventh Commandment. One of the targets is the brother of Rio state governor, Cláudio Castro, Vinícius Sarciá Rocha. The action aims to investigate the crimes of criminal organization, scam, corruption, and money laundering, which were allegedly committed in the execution of state government assistance programs. The frauds allegedly occurred between 2017 and 2020. Payments of illicit benefits ranging between 5% and 25% of the contract values were identified.
20/12/2023 – An argument between two men — one of them armed with a pistol — took place on Rua Leopoldo Miguez, in Copacabana, South Zone, and ended with at least five shots being fired. Nobody was injured. Teams from the Copacabana Battalion went to the scene and took those involved in the turmoil, which was allegedly motivated by a dispute over a parking spot, to the police station.
21/12/2023 – Two men died after being shot in Terreirão, in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, West Zone. Another man was injured and taken to hospital. The Capital Homicide Police (DHC) reported that it is investigating the deaths. Officers carried out investigations to identify the perpetrator and clarify the motivation for the crime. According to the Military Police, a pistol was seized at the scene.
22/12/2023 – The Special Operations Battalion (BOPE), of the Military Police, carried out an operation in Complexo da Maré, North Zone. According to the corporation, the teams were concentrated in Vila do João. There is no information on arrests or seizures. According to residents, there had been a shooting starting at 3:50.
