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Overview
- Military police from Rio’s intelligence unit, with support from the 23rd BPM and cooperation from Goiás, arrested the fugitive on December 28 at Praia de São Conrado.
- Authorities identify the detainee as a leader of the Comando Vermelho operating in Aparecida de Goiânia with ties to the faction active in Rio de Janeiro.
- He had been hiding in Rocinha and moving through Rio’s South Zone following the October 28 Contenção operation targeting criminal networks.
- Two men found with the suspect were taken to the 11th Police Station in Rocinha for identification and checks for outstanding warrants.
- Outlets cite prior records and a Goiás prosecutors’ drug-trafficking complaint, while reports differ on the suspect’s civil name, listing either Daniel Rodrigues dos Santos or Jhonnathan Wallef Moura Santos.