Arrests Across Brazil Follow Holiday Violence With Prudentópolis Shooting Suspect Detained

Overview

• Paraná: a 28-year-old suspected of attacking a home in Prudentópolis was arrested after an anonymous tip, with six people wounded, three of them children, and a nine‑month‑old baby dead, as officers seize devices for analysis and search for a second man.
• Greater Recife: fuel entrepreneur Braz Alexandrino was executed outside a farm in Moreno, and a 26-year-old suspect was arrested in flagrante and remains under hospital custody while homicide investigators examine footage and a weapon recovered with the victim.
• Gender‑based violence: police made in‑flagrante arrests in Cabo Frio, Camaçari and São Pedro, detained a retired military policeman in Rio Grande do Norte over a Christmas Day stabbing, and jailed a man in Cubatão after his partner suffered critical burns in a suspected attempted feminicide.
• Porto de Galinhas: a couple from Mato Grosso reported being beaten after disputing a beach chair fee, and civil police opened a bodily injury inquiry to identify those involved.
• Curitiba: a concluded inquest found an off‑duty officer acted in self‑defense in a September bar shooting, and the case file was sent to the state prosecutor’s office for a charging decision.