Bahia’s Recôncavo saw nine suspects killed and five detained as police drones filmed armed men hiding in forest between São Félix, Cachoeira and Muritiba, with a siege maintained by more than 200 officers. In Itabela, six suspects died during Operação Desarticula after, according to police, attacking agents serving warrants at a rural encampment used as an arms stash, where rifles, pistols, drugs and vehicles were seized. In São Gonçalo’s Jardim Catarina, a police action to remove barricades and curb cargo and vehicle thefts shut both directions of the BR‑101, a resident was hit by a stray round and released from hospital, and five suspects were arrested. Depositions show body‑camera use covered 57 of 128 CORE officers and 77 of 215 BOPE officers in the Rio sweep, as a technical team flagged at least two atypical lesions among the dead, including a short‑range gunshot and a decapitation. STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered preservation of all police body‑camera footage and submission of participant lists, while the Rio prosecutors’ office catalogs material and develops digital reconstructions pending final forensic reports.
